"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 student of the Ming Dynasty. His gestures, words and conversation all show that he is probably a real "scholar", not the rough-and-tumble poor commoner that the thieves like most.
Wu Mingjin has long seen scholars turn to Kun, but most of them are children who have become old and become idle 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 is said to be a master, but he is 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 the current affairs.
In fact, Wang Zhaomin beside him has become Kunren's "detective", watching him all the time? Not to mention that Chief Xiong also diligently prepared several servants and bodyguards for him to protect the courtyard. They all appear to be respectful, but secretly they are all jailers with them.
When Wu Mingjin thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Once the officialdom is as deep as the sea, from now on moral integrity is a passerby." If it weren't for the fact that I could earn more money by becoming an official and return to my hometown for retirement, why would I be like this? !
With a smile on his face, he took out the engagement 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 face, and paid twenty-four taels of gold every year, and another two taels of gifts during the third festival. There was a label added to the envelope, which read "Old Master Xiao Huicun".
Xiao Zhanfeng accepted the appointment letter, and both parties were polite to each other again. As usual, Wu Mingjin is going to entertain Master Xiao. Xiao Zhanfeng thanked him sincerely.
"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."
That's not bad. Wu Mingjin thought that Xuwen was a subordinate county of Leizhou, so it would be much more convenient to have him there. Kun people have good intentions.
"Don't worry, Dong Weng. 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."
The shuttle boat to Guangzhou runs every day, but the shuttle boat with first-class cabin only runs once every three days. Mr. Wu and his party will stay in a private room of the hotel in Bopu for two days - Dabo Shipping has a ship to Guangzhou every day and leaves every other day.
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 the whole family was not hungry.
He rushed back to Xuwen to arrange work in Xuwen in advance - three days ago. Xiao Zhanfeng has been appointed as the deputy director of the Leizhou Station of the Foreign Intelligence Service. He was fully responsible for Leizhou's official work, focusing 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 is just for studying."
It turns out that Xiao Zhanfeng was secretly engaged to his childhood sweetheart, his cousin. But his family was in such a state of decline. He was also a down-and-out scholar who failed to 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. He has a strong thirst for knowledge, so it turns out that he is very good and should be cultivated 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 read the book seriously without any distractions, and finally got the title of "affiliated student member". Although he is the last rank among the students, he is still considered a green shirt. Just as Xiao Zhanfeng excitedly rushed to his uncle's house to announce the good news, he got the news that his cousin was engaged and was going to get married on a certain day.
Although he had obtained the honor of being a student member, he was still a pauper. At best, he could only be a Mr. Mengguan, barely making a living. His cousin was already eighteen years old and could not delay any longer. The measures taken by his aunt and uncle were not "undue" in any way. Xiao Zhanfeng was so miserable that he had to return home in depression. 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 "surrender".
"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 set up schools to teach Australian studies. I want to study there and find a job under an Australian 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 understood the reason deeply, and even fewer people were willing to think about it. Go and learn. 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 to Lingao 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. Carrying some clothes, books, a seal, and a pair of twisted silver bracelets—the "legacy" left by his parents—he boarded a sugar ship and arrived at Lingao. Since then, he has embarked on the path 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. Passive containment comes with it. Or they really can't survive and come to Lingao to make a living just to make ends meet. No one who has achieved fame has taken the initiative to defect to Lingao. Xiao Zhanfeng was the first showman to take the initiative to "submit Kun" with such a clear-cut stand and firm stance.
After Xiao Zhanfeng left the quarantine camp, he first went to a national school in Lingao and passed the Class A diploma. Then he attended a civil affairs training class commissioned by the Civil Affairs People's Committee to train local administrative cadres. During his studies, Xiao Zhanfeng not only studied hard, but also submitted letters to discuss matters many times, with the intention of "guiding the country" and "providing suggestions" for the Senate. However, as his studies deepened and he continued to "visit and study" in various places in Lingao, Xiao Zhanfeng's petitions became less and less, and finally disappeared completely - he soon realized that in terms of governing the country and the people, he was just Do whatever you want.
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 is young, original and sophisticated, and can grasp new knowledge and concepts faster and more thoroughly than ordinary farmers and small traders. He soon became a key training target of the civil affairs department, preparing to make him the number one in the future. The county magistrate was approved as a naturalized citizen.
Although the reason for transferring him to Wu Mingjin this time was mainly 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 person, his main focus is on the sugar industry and he does not care much or have the energy to care about other affairs. The actual person in charge is Yan Maoda, the deputy station director and general manager of the Vietnam Trading Company. . His public identity is the general deacon of Leizhou Sugar Industry Association. Secretly controls 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 the third and sixth shifts, we are almost at the point where we can impose 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 all the officials in office and three counties in Leizhou, as well as the personal and family information of the big gentry households. It also contains an overview of the basic situation of the county, including farmers. , population, output, etc.”
"Thank you so much, Chief!" Xiao Zhanfeng admired the Australian people's handling style of handling every detail clearly. He has long realized the critical importance of intelligence information in his long-term administrative practice - it can be said that the Australians' ability to be invincible in various difficult affairs has a great relationship with their ability to master and transmit various intelligences 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.
