The 193rd Festival is warm and grand
The children who presented the flowers were quickly selected. Zhao Chuanyi was selected because of his fair skin and tall height - he was one of the very few children who did not come from a farm family. [Read the latest chapter] Let all the young people be envy for a while. This kind of honor cannot be obtained anytime and anywhere.
Suddenly, a puff of white smoke rose from the fort - as everyone calls the beacon tower now - and a salute was fired. The bustling crowd on the dock suddenly became quiet, and the fleet entered the port.
Fang Fei glanced at the nurses and secretarial students who had just arrived. They had just finished lining up, and they were all out of breath. It seemed that they had walked this distance. Fang Fei used to be in charge of shogirls and had a keen sense of how women should perform at their best. He immediately felt that dust and sweat seriously affected some people's faces, especially the color of their mouths - obviously dark, without any Shows a healthy rosiness. The dust on the eyebrows and head also appears particularly conspicuous in the sun.
"Hurry up and get water with a towel." Fang Fei ordered, and all the indigenous clerks and cadres around him immediately took action. Fang Fei was well prepared for this kind of thing. He had a washbasin, a towel, lipstick, a comb, needlework and everything that might be useful.
The elders felt that it was unnecessary for him to be so prepared. Fang Fei thought to himself that when I led the team to ajoy, I would bring more than ten times as much stuff as this, and I don’t know how many spare socks I need.
Fang Fei glanced at the fleet entering the harbor. It would take at least ten minutes to dock and set up the springboard. This time was almost enough. He gave the order: "Everyone, move quickly and clean up the girls and girls one by one."
After saying that, he twisted a towel himself, put a comb in his pocket, and ran into the team of nurses. A clerk quickly followed with a washbasin.
Fang Fei quickly wiped the face and neck of a girl. The girl was obviously shocked, but they had been trained to obey the authority of their superiors, so they continued to stand motionless. Fang Fei dropped the towel, looked at it carefully, and quickly combed the girl's bangs with a comb. Then he stretched out his hand, and a clerk next to him immediately brought a box of lipstick. He picked a little bit with a disposable cotton swab and applied it. Saying "wipe it off yourself", he immediately moved in front of the next person.
This series of movements was as fast as a rabbit, which made the other clerks who were also helping the girls groom their children feel in awe - Director Fang was indeed extraordinary. In less than ten minutes, all sixty people were sorted out.
Just when Fang Fei was relieved, a jeep suddenly arrived and stopped behind the customs building. The person who jumped out of the car was the Governor. The Governor was wearing an old version of the stand-up collar cadre uniform, followed by Hou Wenyong who was carrying a briefcase. He had a serious face and wore the same four-pocket stand-up collar cadre uniform. There was also a pencil with a cap stuck in his jacket pocket.
After getting off the bus, Ma Qianzhu glanced at the crowd on the pier, and then at the fleet flagship approaching the trestle with all flags flying. As he strode forward, the indigenous cadres from the office who were responsible for the welcome work of the entire dock hurriedly greeted him and led the way.
3o seconds later, the "March of Unity and Friendship" began to play from the loudspeaker. The elders who were resting in the rest shed stood up one by one, straightened their clothes, put on dignified postures, and followed the horses with struts. Qian Yi headed towards the trestle.
On the flagship, the escalator springboard has been set up. A neatly dressed navy soldier wearing a special white protocol belt stepped down from the battleship, turned around beautifully, and raised his hand in salute. The music stopped and the bugler blew the bugle. Wen Desi came down from the gangplank almost at the right pace. He was wearing a navy uniform. He waved briefly at the escalator, then walked down the escalator slowly, and gave a simple and concise raise of hands when he passed by the soldiers.
Ma Qianzhu arrived at the springboard about five seconds early, and the two happened to meet each other at this time. The governor stretched out his hand:
The two shook hands vigorously, and the elders behind could see that they said a few words. Both of them were smiling and smiling, but no one heard what they said.
"...Secretary of State Ma presided over the ceremony at the dock, grandly welcoming Chairman Wen, Minister Chen and others who had returned victoriously from the Battle of Guangzhou, and congratulating them on their great victory in the combat operations in the Pearl River Basin..."
Zhang Yu stammered, but the broadcast in Mandarin was broadcast through wires to tweeters in many places in Lingao. Of course, the elders in Bairen City immediately cut off the switch of the tweeters and continued to do their own things. However, in other places, the indigenous people gathered under the tweeters with great interest and listened to the words coming from the speakers with relish. The sound that came out - for them, just the sound coming out of the speaker was fascinating.
"...Children and children presented flowers to Chairman Moon, Minister Chen and the heroic navy, army and navy soldiers..."
Butler Zhao was smoking a cigarette in the accounting room, looking at the account book and listening to the live broadcast from the county town's loudspeaker. The tweeter in Lingao County has gradually become an equally important and influential facility in the county. The residents also went from being surprised and curious to becoming accustomed to it. Everyone has become accustomed to the "March of the Athletes" being played every morning at five o'clock and the punctual time of the Gaoshanling time station that follows. In addition to emergency announcements that are temporarily broadcast, the broadcast is from 5 a.m. to 12 noon every day, and then from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Music and opera are played most of the time, and news, agricultural programs, supply and demand news, ship sailings and port arrivals are played at other times, and advertisements are also played - of course, the main ones are Australians themselves.
Butler Zhao has become accustomed to this kind of chatter in his ears, and sometimes he will hum along with the music. He couldn't quite understand what was being played. He only knew that a certain Australian official had returned, and other people were greeting him at the dock. He was more interested in the subsequent local opera program, which would broadcast the so-called "Cantonese Opera" - the so-called Guangdong opera. Butler Zhao is not a native of Lingao, so he doesn't know much about puppet shows sung in Lingao dialect. But I still have a soft spot for Guangdong opera. Of course, the Cantonese opera performed by the Australians was different from what he had heard: the biggest difference was that it was sung in Cantonese instead of theater Mandarin - which made it sound more pleasant to him. Secondly, not only were the tunes and singing styles different, Moreover, the repertoire was much more numerous, and the sound became more gorgeous and rounded. It was infinitely better than the famous actors he had heard in Guangdong when he was a boy. Butler Zhao has always found it strange. Do people in Australia also sing Cantonese opera?
He carefully recorded the expenses in the ledger - this is an important responsibility of a steward. The Liu family is not a particularly wealthy family, and the land they collect rent from is not large. Their annual income can only roughly cover household expenses. There are twenty or thirty large and small slaves in the house, and Mr. Liu also asks people to buy books and four treasures for the study from Qiongshan and Guangzhou; he helps the poor people, scholars, clansmen and relatives; Necessary entertainment is also indispensable for visits, and Mr. Liu also goes to Qiongshan, Danzhou and other places every year to visit his past teachers and friends... There are all kinds of things, and the expenses are quite considerable. Butler Zhao lives within his means and has a hard time maintaining a balance of income and expenditure. Sometimes he has to live within his means. Until the past year, the master was concurrently serving as the headmaster of Moli Xuan Academy. Although he could not often go to the academy to give lectures, Australians still paid 300 yuan in circulation coupons every month as travel expenses. At first Liu Dalin refused this income - this was not because he wanted to draw a clear line, but because he had originally stated that serving as the mountain chief was only compulsory. Recently, after Butler Zhao repeatedly complained about the family's financial difficulties, he reluctantly agreed to accept the money.
"If something big happens at home, I'm afraid the land will have to be sold." Butler Zhao recorded the recent expenses for hiring doctors and medicine into his account book. His brows were furrowed. This so-called big event is Mr. Liu’s funeral.
In the past month or so, Mr. Liu's health has been getting worse day by day, and he has gradually become bedridden. Although medical services were procured everywhere, doctors were still hired from Xu Wen with huge sums of money - there were no decent doctors in Lingao. In the past, the best doctor in the county was Yang Shixiang, the owner of Runshitang, but recently he went to Anguo. As for the hospitals run by the Australians, although I heard that they have excellent medical skills and can even disembowel their stomachs to treat people, this reputation only discourages the gentry who are either desperate or seriously ill. Everyone still believes in traditional Chinese medicine.
But the doctor who paid a lot of money didn't notice that he was ugly. He said something that no one could understand, prescribed a prescription, and left. After taking medicine according to the prescription for more than ten days, it didn't work, and the condition gradually became worse. According to the rules of wealthy families, it is necessary to prepare for the funeral in advance. On the one hand, it is "to celebrate happiness", and on the other hand, it is also afraid that if you die of illness and are unprepared, you will be laughed at by others. Where the expenses for Liu Dalin's funeral affairs come from has become a headache for Butler Zhao recently.
Considering Liu Dalin's prestige and status in the county, the funeral must not be too shabby - all the prominent people in the county would come to pay their respects. It was too shabby to be treated, and it would cost at least more than a hundred silver to pay for it. .
Butler Zhao counted and counted the numbers in the ledger, but could not find any spare money. The Liu family has no rich relatives from whom to borrow money, and the family motto strictly prohibits borrowing money. After much deliberation, the only option was to sell the land. However, the Liu family does not have much land to begin with, and the land price in Lingao is not high. After selling another part of the land, the Liu family's financial expenses will become even more difficult.
"Alas" Butler Zhao thought for a long time and couldn't think of any clever ideas. He sighed, "I have no choice but to cut out the wounds and mend the sores."
But it is not easy to cut out the flesh and mend the sores. The fields in Lingao are not very valuable and there are very few buyers. You can't sell it anytime and anywhere in a hurry. Butler Zhao was at a loss for what to do, and finally thought of the Australians.
Although Mr. Liu is not allowed to ask for help from the Australians, selling land to the Australians is a matter of mutual consent. The Liu family does not get any benefits from the Australians, so there is no excuse. Thinking of this, he decided to go to Bairen City in the next few days to meet his son, discuss the matter with him, and implement it as soon as possible.
faintly came out from the loudspeaker: "...those who came to Bopu today to attend the welcome ceremony are: Ma Qianxu, Secretary of State of the Central Government Affairs Council, Wu De, President of the Planning Academy, Ma Jia, President of the Arbitration Tribunal, and Xiao Zishan, Director of the General Office of the Executive Committee ,... Deacon Li Sunqian of Lingao County Consultative Bureau, and committee members Huang Xunkun, Zhang Youfu, Lin Quan'an, Fu Bowen... etc. attended the welcome ceremony... Chairman Wen cordially talked with the members. Member Li Sunqian said: Chairman Wen You have worked hard. Chairman Wen said: I am not working hard. Your body looks very healthy. You should pay more attention to rest..."
The members of the County Consultative Bureau were also among the welcoming crowd. Even the Lingao County Government sent Wang Zhaomin as a representative. Wen Desimen shook hands with the members of the County Consultative Bureau. There was a roar of gongs and drums, and he and others then accepted the welcome from people from all walks of life in Lingao. Finally, the gongs and drums stopped, and the choir of Lingao Seminary sang "Jerusalem" written and composed by Dean Wu.
Finally, the students of Fangcaodi sang "Land of Glory and Hope" together. Wen Desi and others listened to the singing with smiles on their faces and expressed their gratitude to the choir, students and everyone who attended the welcome ceremony. Then he and Chen Haiyang and other elders got on the carriages, one after another in black. The red-flag carriage headed toward Bairen City under the escort of electric vehicles ridden by members of the Special Reconnaissance Team Headquarters.
Fang Fei watched the convoy leave and let out a sigh of relief. The entire welcome ceremony went without any major problems. While communicating with Ran Yao and starting to evacuate the people, he also asked Registrar Gao and others to pack up all the equipment and equipment needed for the welcome and put them into the warehouse one by one. Especially those banners, which are made of cotton, are not easy to apply for, and it would be troublesome if they were stolen.
He has been busy for a whole week for this scene. It is more than 100 times harder to play this game in the 17th century than in the 21st century. People in the 21st century have at least seen this kind of scene. The indigenous people here have no idea at all and can only do some mechanical work. Even the little things must be done personally. And there is another major event on Fang Fei's mind, which is the annual meeting.
The Zhujie Annual Meeting, which was originally planned to be co-organized with the Mid-Autumn Festival, was postponed until November due to the "Pearl River Outage". This time, the Senate Standing Committee decided not to postpone the event and hold a separate large-scale celebration banquet in the name of celebrating the "Double Victory on the Sea and 6 Seas." Of course, the reason why this celebration meeting was put on the agenda so quickly is closely related to the active activities of the North American branch. Several of these people were elected to the Senate's Standing Committee. Their dissatisfaction with the current political state and their eagerness to expand the influence of the North American Department through annual meetings made them strive to promote this matter.
Fang Fei didn't know why Qian Shuiting and others were so enthusiastic about holding this annual meeting, especially after Zheng Shangjie withdrew from Guangzhou. In addition to discussing with Li Mei every day about the Lingao version of Ziminglou, he was planning this annual meeting. She also proposed a complete set of plans for the annual meeting - completely American style. It's ten times more complicated than Fang Fei's original plan.
However, Zheng Shangjie's plan received widespread support in the Senate - everyone hoped to take advantage of this victory to relieve their nervousness. Find an excuse to eat, drink and have some fun. Many people have already bought "life secretaries" and are eager to show off the "Australian lifestyle" to these girls.
All these factors combined, finally the general office approved Zheng Shangjie's plan to hold a "big party".
Of course, Fang Fei couldn't figure out why because he didn't care much about certain things. Anyone who has paid even a little attention to the association activities within the Time Travel Group will know what the North American branch's intentions are.
Since Du Wen won the right of free association for senators at the plenary session, a complete association bill followed. This bill is roughly copied from Austria, but it has been changed according to the specific situation of the cross-border group. The two most important articles are: the society can only accept elders as members, and the second is that the society's funds adopt a quota system, that is, each member pays The funds must be consistent, and the amount of membership fees must be reported to the General Office for approval. No large donations may be made to the society without permission, and no property may be given to the society.
Ma Jia is very clear: the ultimate result of association is the formation of small groups with different political demands within the crossing group. This prospect is probably inevitable. Even without the so-called right of association, factions and factions will form themselves. With or without association, not much will change. And some factions are not organized into societies at all. The clause that only senators were allowed to join was mainly to prevent senators from using indigenous forces to oppress other factions in the Senate. The restriction on membership fees is to prevent societies from abusing resources.
Generally speaking, the elders are not very interested in the association itself - most people are not very interested in politics, and they are not interested in participating in association activities after work. As for managing the association, there are many There is something about people being insensitive to gratitude - how can the elders who manage equality be as happy as managing the indigenous people who are respectful. Therefore, the only societies that have been registered with the General Office almost a year since the Society Law was passed are: Spartacus Group, fùnv Federation, Aboriginal Rights Protection Association, Law Club, Scale Model Club, Steampunk Group and House Party.
Among them, the founder and chairman of the Spartak Regiment and the fùnv Federation were Du Wen. The former is of course the so-called "left-wing political faction", and the latter is a "fùnv rights protection organization". But so far, the former is almost a club owned by Du Wen alone, while the latter, through her active activities, has almost brought in all the female veterans and has carried out some activities. Apart from that, the most lively thing is the stay-at-home party.
The Home Party was formed shortly after the second general meeting. The staff of the North American branch, who were worried about the political system established at the second general meeting, gathered on Bopu's yacht Feiyun on a dark and windy night.
