The indigenous people on the deck are all "well-informed": the emerging entertainment for the wealthy middle class and above in Guangzhou is to participate in the "Pearl River One-day Tour" of "Ziminglou Entertainment Company": take a paddle boat cruise from Baijiang to Baijiang River. Departing from Etan and driving all the way to Macau, when passing through Huangpu Port, you can see various naval warships parked there. So this scene didn't arouse much interest in them anymore,
At 16:00 on January 22, the Baiyunshan docked at Ma Niao No. 1 Passenger Terminal. As the gangway was hung up, the two-day and two-night voyage came to an end.
The inspection group, led by the naturalized civilian cadres of the inspection group, disembarked from the passenger ship. After two days of drifting at sea, I felt quite unsteady as soon as I landed. The planning institute staff who came to pick them up from the station had already come over, and the group left the pier through the special exit.
Because Guangdong and Guangxi have been included under the jurisdiction of the Senate, visitors from Guangdong and Guangxi do not need to go through customs declaration and entry formalities. However, those coming from the "disease control risk areas" of Guangdong and Guangxi are still required to implement the policy of isolation for 15 to 20 days.
The inspection team came from Guangzhou, the "safest" city in Guangdong and Guangxi, and naturally did not need to be quarantined. After being taken to a hall and filling out a "temporary household registration form" including health conditions, you can enter Lingao.
In this hall, the Chen family's uncle and nephew finally recognized each other. After the excitement of "meeting an old friend in a foreign land" that both parties knew well, Chen Ding realized that not only Chen Lin but also Chen Yue were here. This surprised him. Then he asked them how the brother and sister came to Laigao.
"It seems to be a coincidence." Chen Lin said.
Chen Lin decided to cling to Li Yao'er, and after fighting with his second uncle to the end, he started working peacefully in Nansha. He persuaded the craftsmen to come back to work, and helped Li Yao'er debug new machines and promote mulberry fish. Tang is also very hardworking. Li Yaoer was very satisfied with his performance.
Li Yao'er was satisfied with him, but his second uncle Chen Xuan was not. Seeing that my nephew, the "Holy Familiar", is growing stronger and knows more about guild affairs than I do, in the long run, I will become a dispensable figure in front of Chief Li. So he often muttered in front of Li Yao'er, and at the same time secretly encouraged his men to cause trouble. Less than half a month after Chen Lin returned to Nansha, the situation in Nansha became delicate.
Li Yaoer was also in a dilemma at this time, because both of them were useful to her. In order to temporarily ease the conflict and give herself time to completely resolve the matter, she decided to send Chen Lin away temporarily and use Chen Xuan and his "little brothers" to complete the Sankey Fish project that urgently needed to be completed. The pond promotion work and the expansion of the silk weaving factory were completed.
It happened that the "Production Capacity Diffusion" plan of the Planning Institute was implemented, and the silk weaving industry was also a part of it. Li Yaoer took this opportunity to sign up Chen Lin for the inspection team and asked him to go to Lingao and start working. broaden their horizons and gain some new professional knowledge.
Chen Lin heard that he could go to Lingao to study, so he was naturally happy to do so. Originally he wanted to take Chen Qing with him, but Li Yaoer asked him to take his girl with him. He said that the silk industry would absorb a large number of female workers, and that from now on it would be necessary to train female technical and managerial personnel, so he forced him to bring Chen Yue with him.
"...Yue Mei and I came to Lingao just like that. I had a pass issued by Chief Li, and I took an Australian official ship. It only took one day to arrive in Guangzhou. If we had not set off the next day, we would have been I wanted to come to my cousin’s house to visit him.”
"I have been looking forward to your coming, but you told Chen Qing that you couldn't come. I was also very disappointed. Fortunately, Mr. Ding is here!" Wu Yijun said with a smile, "It is God's destiny for us Chen and Wu to do this. What a career!" He patted Pai Chen Lin's shoulder with some excitement, "Lin'er, you are really young and promising! You study hard in Lingao. If you want to open a silk factory in the future, my cousin, I will also buy a few shares. To cheer you up."
"Third uncle, on your end..."
"It's not a problem, it's not a problem." Chen Ding touched his head, which was still wrapped in gauze. He recounted his journey from Sanliang to Guangzhou, "...Although I suffered an unreasonable disaster, at least I am still safe, my wealth is gone and I am happy, but there is still something to be gained in this world!"
Wu Yijun gave a thumbs up: "Brother Shi is really brave!"
Chen Dingdao said, "As a man has passed away, we still have to look forward in everything. How can we dwell on the past?"
The two were talking and laughing, and were in high spirits. On the contrary, brother and sister Chen Lin were not very interested. After completing the formalities here, Chen Xiaobing came over holding a small flag: "Everyone, it's been a long and tiring journey. But please hold on for a while. We will take the urban train to Bairen at Majiao Station in a while. This is the hotel where everyone is staying. Please don’t leave the hotel after checking in. At six o’clock tonight, the leaders of the Planning Institute will entertain you all.”
"He is the one who is fully in charge of coordinating the operation of each company's 'capacity expansion' plan this time. His surname is also Chen. Maybe you were a family five hundred years ago." Wu Yijun joked to Chen Lin.
"Chen Xiaobing's Guangzhou Mandarin is very good. He is probably a local. Maybe he is really a family." Chen Ding joked.
"Brother, you can ask him for his county hall number. Maybe he can even join the sect and have someone to take care of him in the future." Wu Yijun joked.
Chen Lin was not as interested as the two elders. He knew that the Chen Xiaobing in front of him was not only the "guide" who came to visit and study in Laigao, but also the general person in charge of this "production capacity plan". Speaking of which, even if he held up such a leading figure in Guangzhou's industrial and commercial circles, the factory he ran was still in the hands of this young man who was almost older than himself. Therefore, the wealthy people were very polite when they saw Chen Xiaobing along the way. A group of people agreed with whatever he said.
In comparison, he was really humble among the crowd. The big businessmen who were traveling with him were too lazy to pay attention to him.
"Speaking of it, this person is so young, and I heard that his background is even more humble. But he can suddenly rise to a high position. It would be unimaginable in the Ming Dynasty. The Senate has indeed given many people opportunities!"
"Although he relies on the strength of the Australians, he is still a promising talent." Wu Yijun praised. With the help of Australians, not everyone can sit in this position. When he saw Chen Lin's lack of interest, he did not forget to comfort him: "My nephew is young and promising, and has a family background. He will definitely achieve great success in the future."
Chen Xiaobing led the way, and the inspection team took the internal passage, exited the pier directly, and entered Ma Niao Railway Station.
Because they took the "internal passage" and did not see the bustling scene of the pier, the two of them couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Chen Xiaobing smiled and said: "When we dropped off passengers, the passenger passage was blocked, and we couldn't finish it even after half an hour's waiting. There were also Many bus drivers and small business people are too noisy."
Ma'an Railway Station is one of the important hubs of the Lingao urban rail system. This is the east arrival and departure station of Lingao Metro. Due to the existence of Majiao Port, salt farm, steel company and Majiao Fort, the passenger flow here is huge. It is a first-class station in the Lingao urban rail system.
Because the passenger flow is very large and it is the "gateway" of the urban railway in the east of Lingao, the design and construction of the station are quite sophisticated. It is no longer the "big shed" style building of the past, but a German Renaissance building designed by Qi Feng. Architectural style building, the original design is the old Qingdao Railway Station. The red brick exterior walls and roof tiles are also replicated. Even the cobbled railway station square looks "full of German flavor". Of course, the naturalized people don't know this, they all call it "Australian style".
As "guests of the Senate", the inspection group naturally does not need to queue in the square to enter the station. Instead, they go directly through the "VIP channel" and enter the VIP waiting hall to wait for the arrival of the bus.
Chen Lin sat on the sofa chair in the VIP room and looked at the waiting hall outside the glass partition. There was a lot of people outside, all of them passengers. Looking around, almost all of them are naturalized people with short hair and short clothes, and there are also many people wearing military uniforms mixed in among them. There are very few people with long buns or short brown hair.
"These...are all cadres?" Chen Lin asked in surprise.
Chen Xiaobing, who was standing by, suddenly smiled and said: "These are all naturalized citizens. They are not necessarily cadres. These short hair and short clothes are not a status symbol. If you want to change, you can change it. If you don't want to change, you shouldn't - it's just that you can't be a senior. It’s time for food in the courtyard.”
"So that's it." Chen Lin thought to himself that at last Australians don't force their heads to be shaved! Much stronger than the Tatars in Liaodong.
He looked up at the towering ceiling of the waiting hall and the huge iron gas chandelier hanging above, and then looked at the dome above the platform in the distance and the huge greenhouse-style glass windows. He felt both novel and a little scared. Australian, he thought of the "railway" from the Great World to the Great East Gate. The platform at the Dadongmen station is just a high platform made of bricks, and even the awning above is made of bamboo poles and reed mats. In other words, the stations in the big world are more decent. Compared with here, it is really different.
Lingao is indeed the capital of Australians! Chen Lin thought.
A whistle sounded outside, and the train entered the station with a loud voice announcing the station. For the inspection team, neither trains nor railway tracks are rare objects. It won't even surprise them. But for those who were new to Gao, when this steel giant puffing out steam and black smoke came into the station panting, their curiosity could no longer be contained, and they all rushed over with a huff, and the cordon line Railway employees and policemen quickly waved sticks to drive the crowd away from the yellow line.
"Our car is here," Chen Xiaobing stood up and waved the small flag in his hand, "please follow me."
The inspection team boarded the "first class carriage" of the urban railway. The carriages of Lingao City Railway have also been upgraded. The open-top third-class carriages of the early years have naturally been eliminated, and selling tickets has become a thing of the past. Naturally, this first-class carriage also had its interior and seats upgraded.
After loading the passengers, the train chirped and started to slowly start. Chen Lin looked out the window at the slowly retreating scenery, feeling the wonderful feeling of being pulled forward by a huge force. A new journey began in this young man's life.
(End of chapter)
