Liu San didn't say any more. Since he didn't feel anything, it was better not to say any more. [No pop-up novel website] That night was a routine to catch up with the wind and wash away the dust. The next day, Liu San began to prepare for the medical and health care in Guangzhou.
As the elders who are ready to take over the power continue to arrive, the atmosphere in the "inner world" of the big world gradually becomes solemn. The troops who have arrived in the big world stay quietly in temporary barracks and do indoor physical exercise every day to pass the time. The officers were deducing the plan of marching and accepting over and over on the map and sand table; the intelligence system commanded by Lin Baiguang has now been officially renamed the Guangdong Region Urban Engineering Department, and people of all kinds, from all walks of life, sneakily appear day and night. There are several small doors on the side of the big world; the arrival of the special reconnaissance brigade of the General Investigation Bureau adds to the tension. They go out day and night and use special passages to enter and exit, making it the most mysterious place here.
Since the end of last year, many hawkers and beggars have appeared around the large shops, gentry and government offices in Guangzhou; some disturbing news has spread everywhere in teahouses and taverns. In the first month of the first month, the rogue army captured Zhongjing and burned down the imperial mausoleum. News came earlier than the official news, and it was full of all kinds of frightening but bloody details. Then, various pamphlets began to circulate again, detailing all the bad things that happened to Ming Dynasty in various places in the past few years. The most frightening thing is that various memorials, court discussions, and even private messages between officials that were rarely seen by ordinary people were published in a booklet called "Wen Chun" began to circulate.
This pamphlet is no different from other pamphlets that have been circulated in Guangzhou for a long time. They are all printed on poor quality rough paper, but it is circulated regularly, with a new one published every seven days. The content inside is very exciting, including not only these original materials, but also many "secrets of the dynasty", which are full of scandalous stories about the evil deeds of various court officials and powerful gentry from various places. One prefecture and two counties in Guangzhou have made many arrests and arrested many unlucky people who circulated and distributed copies, but they have never caught the real printing editor. Not even the person who actually circulated the pamphlet has been caught. The local big guys know very well that these pamphlets are most likely written by Australians - at least they are the ones behind them.
For literate people. "Wen Chun" and other pamphlets not only satisfied their curiosity, but also gave them endless topics for conversation. As a result, the news spread a hundred times faster.
Although the citizens of Guangzhou have always been free and easy to drink tea, they are still a little worried when faced with the dangers of troubled times. Rich and wealthy families can't help but express a look of constant panic: "The Ming Dynasty is about to end!"
This atmosphere of fear spread quietly among all classes. The false sense of security created by the geographical distance and delayed news transmission has been shattered by these "news".
The big and small bureaucrats in the city were particularly frightened. They knew exactly where the rumors came from. What's the purpose? The Kun thieves who have been dormant since invading Guangzhou have obviously been affected by the current situation and are preparing to make a move. The target is likely to be Guangzhou!
Such speculation is by no means unfounded. The officials in Guangzhou are not deaf. What happened on Hainan Island is not a secret to them. In the past few years, officials on Hainan Island have been reassigned and transferred, and they always come to Guangzhou to take a rest, meet their superiors and chat about what they have learned during their tenure - who doesn't know that Hainan Island is already "almost an enemy country". Everyone who left office said that Kun Ze had a "disloyal heart" and would "change drastically" sooner or later. But after all, who can go to Tinglix? After Xiong Wencan, the governor of Zhao'an, took office, everyone originally wanted to see if he had the skills to turn the Kun thief into the second Zheng Zhilong. However, as Zheng Zhilong's lair was destroyed by the Kun thieves and he himself died in battle, the Guangdong officialdom had given up hope. Xiong Wencan stopped mentioning this matter. Preparations for war against the enemy were stepped up.
However, for those officials who had more contact with the Kun thieves and knew them better, Governor Xiong's preparations were probably useless. Governor Xiong probably knew it himself - the Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi moved to Guangzhou from Zhaoqing a few years ago. . He also asked the imperial court to move back to Zhaoqing for some reason.
Amid suspicion, pessimism and tension, the officialdom in Guangzhou paid attention to the big world outside Dadongmen - there was a bustle of investment promotion work, and there was no sign of war. However, officials who are a little smarter and more capable have already smelled the smell of Kun Thief's recent actions. The thieves are hoarding food through their local minions. There are many more ships plying the Pearl River than in the past, and they all seem to contain disturbing intentions.
For Zhang Yu, these news did not affect his mood. Ever since his family received an order for walnut cakes from the Great World Tea Restaurant and became a franchised supplier, the original anxious and gloomy atmosphere in his family has completely disappeared. The orders from Big World are actually not too many, at most they are enough for one or two tea houses. But he got the "Designated Supplier of the Great World" brand issued by Zhang Yikun. As soon as word spread, it caused a sensation in the tea and food industry in Guangzhou. Retail sales immediately increased by more than seven or eight times. Many wealthy families even asked their servants to travel across Guangzhou to buy walnut cakes in their stores. Some tea houses who did not originally order from them also ordered from him. Suddenly, this little-known store became a famous store in Guangzhou.
Zhang Yu's parents were even more happy every day, and their business was booming. Not to mention, all the government servants and "officials" who used to come to Qiu Feng were nowhere to be seen. Naturally, the store no longer uses aged walnuts. Not only was a new assistant added, but an apprentice was also added. His father asked a craftsman to enlarge the sign and carve it into a large plaque, which he hung in the middle of the store. It was black and gold, and it was really out of place for this small shop.
Zhang Yu's status in social studies suddenly became much higher. Originally, the children of some big shop owners, or if someone in the family was a scholar, rarely interacted with the children of small businessmen like him; the arrogant ones would not even say hello when they met, and the mean ones would even sneer: " What are you doing here to study as a man?"
Recently, everyone seemed to have changed. Even when they saw him, they would say a few polite words, and some even brought money to ask him to buy walnut cakes. The originally snobbish gentleman no longer took advantage of him, and he was able to spare the slap in the face when he couldn't memorize the textbook.
Several of his friends in sociology were happy for him, but they were also a little jealous. Especially Zeng Juan, whose family also ran a small shop. Their family background was about the same as Zhang Yu's. Zhang Yu's family was in trouble, but his family was not. I still feel the same bitterness, and I feel a little uneasy. As for Li Ziyu, he was also a little unwilling to lose his limelight. He randomly used some "artifacts" in "Wu Bei Zhi" to prove that the Ming Dynasty was just because "Ji Chen was in power", otherwise the big world of Kun thieves would be nothing. Regardless of the bastion, it is all dregs in front of the mysterious cannon that "corrodes dozens of miles with one shot". As for the so-called "iron-armored steamship" of the Kun Thief, it is the Shenhuo Iron Armored Fortress Ship that was not built. The steamship is just made of paper - no one is used to believing this, because the design of his so-called "fire armored ship" is actually a large wooden raft, with an enemy tower standing on it, cannons set up around it, and sails and eight cannons. scull. Both Zhang Yu and Zeng Juan were deeply doubtful whether the thing could be moved.
Chen Chixin no longer comes to school. That day my husband asked for leave and couldn't come, so a few friends went to his house together. Knocking on Chen's door, it was his father who answered the door.
After asking around, I found out that this classmate had already gone to Lingao - it was said that he was recruited by the Australians to be an apprentice.
"An Australian fell in love with his paintings and said he was good at them, so he took him to Lingao to learn painting." His father gestured, "His mother and I figured out that he was not a student, and he loved painting. Painting, go and learn the painting skills of Westerners and come back and have something to eat."
"Are you sure you can rest assured?" Li Ziyu said in surprise, "That's the territory of the thieves!"
"Whether it's a thief or an Australian, he hangs around outside Guangzhou all day long, and he's not a man-eating monster. There's nothing to worry about. I heard that the market in Lingao is not small, and the business may be better. Yes, I want to go see it in a few days."
Several friends came out of Chen Shixin's house a little disappointed. Li Ziyu muttered: "He likes Australian stuff the most, and it suits him. But he just fell in love with Kun..." Zeng Juan felt empty for some reason: Zhang Yu's family was prosperous; Li Ziyu The family is considered a small aristocratic family, with a house and land, and studying is just a blind eye; but they still have a sense of superiority towards Chen Shixin, and now Chen Shixin has also gone to Australia - needless to say, he will definitely become prosperous in the future. On my own, I was not good at literature or martial arts, and my family had a lot of business. I just felt that my future was uncertain, and I didn't even bother to respond to Zhang Yu's suggestion to watch a new Australian movie. He muttered: "So what if you surrender to Kun, it's better than suffocating yourself to death here..."
Li Ziyu was a little puzzled, but Zhang Yu somewhat knew what his friend was thinking. At that moment, he comforted him: "There is no need to surrender to Kun. Why not go to the big world and see if there is any business to be done..."
Zeng Juan smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Zhang, my family runs an incense and candle shop. Except for rich people who burn incense on weekdays, everyone buys them to worship gods and do errands. The big world doesn't want these things: I went inside to see it, and there was only one There is a new Taoist view in Western churches, but they don’t burn incense there.” He sighed, “My dad said that fortunately the price of spices has dropped a lot, otherwise this shop really wouldn’t be able to open.”
"Can't your family make something else?" Li Ziyu said.
Zeng Juan looked helpless: "My father knows this craft, what else can he do?" (To be continued.)
