Although this further reduces the combat effectiveness of the other three squadrons, it at least allows this supplementary squadron to play some role. It was also in line with Qian Duo's idea that he didn't want his troops to be diluted, so he immediately agreed.
"Have your troops enter the station immediately and start fortification work." Qian Duo said, "There are many damaged places on the city wall, and the gaps in some places are so big that you can pass through the city wall without climbing. Even if it is repaired in the past few days, it will not be possible. They are all for emergencies, so pay more attention when posting sentries. Don’t leave any loopholes."
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"Master, there are new Australian troops entering the city..."
"What army?"
Luo Yangming put down the account book in his hand and asked.
The person who made the report was my boy Ah Chun, who came back from shopping for groceries. Luo Yangming specifically told him these days that whenever he saw or heard something on the street, he should tell him when he came back.
"I don't know. But it's not a blunderbuss, but a spear."
Hearing that the troops coming were carrying spears, Luo Yangming knew that they must be the National Army coming to take over the city's defense.
The Nationalist Army entered the city, and Luo Yangming, who had been worried about the empty city defenses, finally felt a stone fall from his heart. When the Fubo army withdrew, he didn't understand it - after the army captured Wuzhou, they did not go on to attack Tengxian and completely wipe out the remnants of the Ming army. Instead, they hurriedly withdrew, leaving only one battalion and the city. Here, just leave one company.
Is this an excuse for the commander-in-chief to resort to an empty city strategy? If Xiong Wencan counterattacks from Teng County, the devastated Wuzhou City and its institutions will be like paper.
Luo Yangming was full of confusion, but discipline prevented him from asking for permission and could only continue his "lurking".
"Are there many people?"
"There are hundreds of people, unlike Australians! They all speak with local accents, and they are also lazy and not as energetic as the previous ones!" Ah Chun has a young mind and is particularly curious about new things. Fu Bojun is not a man-eating monster, so naturally I have to get closer and take a closer look.
"Oh, I understand." Luo Yangming nodded. Most of the National Army was recruited temporarily, so it was expected that the military and political quality was poor.
It's bad, but it's better than nothing. Although Luo Yangming has been busy with the aftermath work these days, he also knows a lot about the outside situation. It turns out that many Jin gentry in Wuzhou City have left the city to go to the countryside - they are afraid that the Ming army will counterattack here and it will become a battlefield. However, in recent days, people in the four townships have However, the gentry and wealthy people are entering the city one after another, and there are rumors on the streets that "the Yao people in the mountains have been killed." It is said that there are also signs of trouble in the villages of the "wolf boys" who used to be scattered in the mountains to act as blockades.
Wen Tietou also told him at the dock that most of the ships coming from Guangdong were Australian armed fleets. There were very few ordinary civilian ships coming to Wuzhou, and the shipowners and helmsmen were all frightened. It is said that the Xijiang River starts from the Zhaoqing section and goes up along the river. Yao people have frequent armed activities. Once a ship runs aground, it will be robbed and killed.
The First Brigade ignored Tengxian County in front of them, but hurriedly withdrew its main force to Zhaoqing. It turned out that there was such a big hidden danger behind it!
Luo Yangming had been lurking in Wuzhou for many years and knew a lot about the local Han-Yao conflicts. He knew that once a large-scale "Yao rebellion" broke out, the consequences would be disastrous.
Although the Nationalist Army is useless in fighting, as long as the city walls are repaired, they can still be useful in defending the city. he thinks.
Just as I was thinking about it, someone suddenly came to deliver a letter: The aftermath bureau asked me to come over in the afternoon.
"Tell him that I will come over after lunch." Luo Yangming thought that after the National Army entered the city, city defense and support matters had to be implemented.
"I have to go again! I have to go again!" A Tao was bringing him tea and food. He heard the complaint and complained, "I always have to drag the master with the aftermath of the aftermath! I am not the magistrate of Cangwu County! I don't have a seal." , and I don’t have a salary, so I rush to do these thankless things in vain! I can’t even afford a meal!”
The work of the aftermath bureau is numerous and complex, and most of the bureau committee members are responsible for "paying but not doing the work." Luo Yangming has no choice but to put in a lot of effort on his own, and he can't take care of his family's business. The wife will inevitably complain. Fortunately, the old shopkeeper Li Wensheng came back safely. After the liberation of Wuzhou, the business of Mihang was relatively deserted, and he could barely sustain it.
Luo Yangming comforted his wife and said: "Although there is no profit from this, it is also beneficial - you see, I am now a semi-official figure in Wuzhou, how can I do business more conveniently in the future? I am an Australian. People in the yamen have to be polite when they look at me."
"Australians! Australians!" A Tao looked unhappy, "The officers and soldiers are in Teng County! If the fight comes back, our family can't afford it - I don't think this Australian is like a real emperor. As poor as that, he can't sit in the Dragon Court..."
"Bastard!" Luo Yangming stood up suddenly, raised his hand and slapped his wife in the mouth, shouting angrily, "What do you know! A woman's opinion!"
They were reincarnated as human beings and reunited as husband and wife, all thanks to the kindness of Australians. Luo Yangming will never forget this kindness. For his wife to say such things, it was simply ungrateful to him. "Not like the real Dragon Emperor" and "poor"... It was a huge insult to the Senate and to him. So angry that he was shaking all over.
They were harmonious as husband and wife. Ding Atao had never been beaten by her husband before and was stunned by the slap. When he turned around, he covered his face, started to cry, and went out with his back on his back muttering, "My life is so miserable." She comes from a family of scholars, so naturally she can't cry loudly - that would make her a "shrew".
When she cried, Luo Yangming felt a little clearer and cursed himself for Meng Lang. How kind the Senate was to his family, yet he never said a word to her. When I fled, it was my wife who was sold out and humiliated... speaking of it, I felt very sorry for her...
I felt guilty, but didn't know what to do, and I was feeling depressed. A thin girl came in.
The person who came in was Wen Yun, Wen Tietou's girl, whose real name is "Shui Yatou". It was Luo Yangming who got Wen Yun's name. According to Luo Yangming's aesthetic taste, it can only be regarded as "vulgar and vulgar powder", and he also has a bit of "ganghu habit" - this is probably inevitable.
Wen Yun is actually a girl. She is young and has no cleverness. Although she is uneducated and rough, she is cheerful, so Ding Atao likes her quite a lot. If you carry it with you on weekdays, you are both a sister and a girl.
"Master, the person my wife mentioned last time is here and waiting outside."
"Who?" Luo Yangming couldn't remember for a moment.
"This is the accounting office that the master said he was looking for..."
"Oh, oh, I remember."
Because there were many things to do in the aftermath, Li Wensheng ventured out of the city. Although he came back safely, he was an old man in his sixties after all. After spending a night outside the city, it was inevitable that he would be in poor health. Luo Yangming was often involved in the aftermath, and Li Wensheng had been in charge for more than half a month. He felt that it was difficult to continue, so he proposed to resign.
Of course, he couldn't let him resign because he was the old shopkeeper of his family and had always been "loyal". No matter from which point of view, he had the obligation to provide for him until he died. Secondly, the shopkeeper of this rice shop is not easy to find. So Luo Yangming proposed to hire a bookkeeper to help with accounting and clerical chores. He would only be the manager.
That is to say, Mr. Accountant, as long as he can write and do calculations, he is the best choice for the down-and-out literati. There were many people who came to recommend jobs, including Ding Atao who also recommended someone. It is said that he is a relative of the husband's family of the daughter of Jiangji Silk Cloth Shop on West Street, and is from Teng County. Because the road was cut off by the war, they were homeless in the local area.
"Invite him in."
At first sight, he saw that the person coming was a Confucian scholar in his early fifties, and his attire was a bit shabby. However, there was a sense of energy in his eyes, and his conversation and behavior were more generous. Luo Yangming knew at a glance that this person was not an ordinary poor scholar, and he should have seen the world outside.
He asked tentatively: "What did Mr. Hao do for a living in the past?"
The person who came was none other than Yi Haoran. Jiang Ji Silk Cloth Shop and Luo Yangming's rice shop had some contacts on weekdays. Therefore, Jiang Qiuchan also had some contacts with Ding Atao before she got married, and they both had some favors for each other. Yi Haoran wanted to find a livelihood, and Luo Yangming wanted to find a counting house here, so he took advantage of the situation and recommended this "cousin" over.
"Students have been in other provinces for a long time," Yi Haoran said, knowing that his appearance and temperament were not the ordinary Mr. Dong Heng's, "mostly he worked as a private school teacher in the families of officials."
From Luo Yangming's point of view, not to mention his resume as a "official private school teacher", the mere fact that he came from the "enemy-occupied area" of Teng County would be directly denied. But at the moment, he felt a little guilty for Ding Ataozi, and couldn't bear to violate her face like this, so he looked at his handwriting and abacus again, and felt that they were both very good, and his conversational skills were also very good - to be honest, he was a Mr. Accountant has lost his talent. However, Ding Atao said that he was stranded in the local area because he was "blocked by the war", indicating that he had no intention of staying here for a long time. There should be no problem for short-term use. Besides, he only wants three meals and one night, and the salary is "arbitrary". It is a very high-quality "cheap labor force". He agreed immediately.
"The house here is ready. You can move here whenever it's convenient for you. What's the luggage? Just ask a few guys to come over and help."
"I will move here tonight," Yi Haoran said. "Originally I came to Wuzhou just for fun and visiting relatives, but I didn't expect that the soldiers would stop me here. I don't have any luggage."
Yi Haoran ate lunch in a hurry and went to the aftermath bureau.
The aftermath bureau is located in the Chenghuang Temple at the west gate of Wuzhou - it is said that no one dares to "deceive people" - and all the aftermath bureau handles are large sums of food. Luo Yangming knew that the aftermath was relatively "clean" so far, but this had nothing to do with the supervision of the City God. It was purely a fear of the Australians' "severe punishments."
Even so, it is indispensable to take advantage of petty theft and use substandard goods to pay for work. Luo Yangming is not surprised by this - this kind of thing is inevitable even in Lingao. Wuzhou has just been liberated, and most of the people who use it are In the past, the few cadres who went north were too busy to even walk and talk. It's good to be able to deal with the aftermath well, and the rest can only be turned a blind eye.
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