Nanping City is the third largest city in Longbei Province, second only to Xin'an and the provincial capital. However, in fact, the buildings are low and the whole city looks gray.
In Nanping City, apartment buildings are a new thing. Even apartment buildings with shared kitchens and bathrooms on each floor are not accessible to lower-class citizens. As for apartment buildings with independent kitchens and bathrooms, they are only for the wealthy class, including those from Jiangnan. Inhabited by merchants, Japanese people, etc.
Junling Apartment is one of the most famous apartment buildings in Nanping. It has eight floors and nearly a hundred suites, including two-bedroom suites and three-bedroom suites. Each suite has a corridor, reception room, bedroom, storage room and bathroom. The total area of a one-bedroom apartment is about 120 square meters, and that of a three-bedroom apartment is about 180 square meters.
Near the escape stairs on each floor, there are twelve small servant rooms, which belong to the twelve residents on this floor. The servants are basically maids and use the public bathroom near the stairs. They can also be said to be servants. There is a dedicated bathroom, and if they want to enter or leave the apartment, they can only take the stairs instead of the elevator.
The tenants of Junling Apartment are all middle class or above, and are accustomed to hiring 1-2 maids, but they are not the type of wealthy people who have countless servants in their homes. The apartment builder’s structural design is very close to its own user base, and each floor has Servants usually concentrate their activities in a small space and will not invade the master's space.
There are many apartments with this layout in the empire today.
Lu Ming currently lives in Room 805 on the top floor of Junling Apartment, renting a three-bedroom apartment.
When he was Commissioner Zhang, he was accompanied by Granny Tuolong and Big and Small Fruits.
Lu Ming originally wanted Grandma Tuolong and Big and Little Guo to live in another bedroom, but Grandma Tuolong thought that would be too eye-catching, so she and Big and Little Guo both went to live in the servant room in 805. However, Big and Little Guo naturally also changed their clothes. , their skin is dark, and their face shape has completely changed. They look like two slightly delicate little country girls. They wear military uniforms and look like orderlies. It’s just that the two little girls have excellent figures, even if they are mediocre in appearance now. , but there is something indescribably cute about wearing a little military uniform.
Orderlies and the like are not uncommon in Nanping. Even some company commanders and other prostitutes who have made enough money to go to the city to enjoy life will have a few orderlies to show their prestige. People who can actually live in Junling Apartments probably feel that I will also despise soldiers wearing garlic.
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Nanping Road Office, third floor of the main building.
In the conference room, all the military and political leaders of Nanping were present.
Lu Ming was arranged to sit next to Gao Baoshan.
Gao Baoshan enthusiastically introduced Lu Ming to these prominent people in Nanping. From today on, he is Gao Baoshan’s special consultant and a Nanping official. Meeting Consultant Zhang is like meeting Gao Baoshan. What Consultant Zhang said , it represents what Gao Baoshan said.
"Mr. Commissioner, what can you say?" Gao Baoshan looked at Lu Ming with a smile.
"The Brigade Commander is too flattering to me!" Lu Ming smiled, "I came here to provide some suggestions based on the friendly cooperation agreement between Nanping and Montenegro. I didn't expect that the Brigade Commander was so humble and exaggerated. I It’s my first time here, so please give me some guidance from all the officials!”
The faces of the officials sitting on both sides softened slightly, not as ugly as at first.
After all, I feel that the so-called treaty of friendship and cooperation is a bit of a betrayal of my country's sovereignty, and the so-called advisor is a bit like an emperor.
That Cheng Da Sui was just a surprise attack. He had the upper hand at first, but now that he has calmed down, what are you afraid of him doing?
And to put it bluntly, the Nanping Military and Political Group's situation became so embarrassing because the Black Mountain Brigade destroyed its own armored regiment.
However, several of Gao Baoshan's cronies also had secret conversations with the brigade commander, so they all understood.
From the treaty, it can be seen that Montenegro, a nascent military and political group, has great ambitions and intends to get involved in the affairs of the South Ping Dynasty. It is obvious that it is a wolf.
But waiting on your own is only a pretext. Most of the treaties are relatively general terms, and you can deal with it without paying lip service.
If we can take the opportunity to purchase some new ordnance weapons equipped by the Black Mountain Brigade from the core area of the empire, that will be a bright future.
Who can achieve his or her intention in the end depends on the outcome of the game between the two parties, and who has the smarter means.
Over there, Gao Baoshan sighed softly, "In Jiangning, I failed to reach a reconciliation with Cheng Dasui, and Cheng Dasui has the support of many senior officials in Jiangning... Governor Ren sent a telegram this morning, and again It's difficult for me to go to the provincial capital to report on my work!" Looking at Lu Ming, "Commissioner, do you think it's better for me to go or not?"
The officials sitting on both sides looked at Lu Ming. Seeing that he was so young, he didn't even understand the meaning of the brigade commander's words. For example, why was it so difficult to go to the provincial capital to report on his work?
The leader of the Montenegrin military group is extremely young, and he seems to like to reuse young people. Now the brigade commander is deliberately testing him to see how this guy can make a fool of himself?
Lu Ming listened to Gao Baoshan's words and smiled slightly: "Cheng Dasui is aggressive and regards the orders of the governor as nothing. Naturally, the brigade commander cannot do without Nanping."
In front of these people, it is not good to act too smart, but it is even worse to act too stupid. If you are looked down upon by others, it will be difficult for you to move forward in the future.
Gao Baoshan looked at Lu Ming and nodded, "Yes, I really can't live without Nanping now."
He looked at the two neat rows of subordinates sitting at the long table and said, "Let's start with the weekly report."
The first person to speak was Li Tian, chairman of the Nanping Road Finance Committee, who mainly reported on the recent collection of security donations.
Obviously, the recent series of military defeats have caused financial problems in Nanping Road, and they can only temporarily increase taxes and fees, called security donations.
Lu Ming listened carefully and took a pen to take notes.
Everyone's attention gradually left him.
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After the meeting, Lu Ming stayed and chatted with Gao Baoshan. After leaving Gao Baoshan's office, he saw a person sitting on the couch in the secretarial office outside. He had a square head, big ears and a tall figure. It was the Nanping secret that he had paid special attention to during the meeting. Bureau Chief Chen Rongfu.
"Commissioner Zhang, haha!" Chen Rongfu took two steps forward and stretched out his hand. His voice was like a bell, and his bamboo-like hands were covered with calluses and were very strong and strong.
"Commissioner Zhang lives in Junling Apartment. Are you used to it? It's a mixed bag and the environment is not very good!" Chen Rongfu said with a smile, "Brother, do you want me to arrange a new residence for Commissioner?"
Lu Ming smiled: "The environment there is very good to me, thank you Bureau Chen."
Chen Rongfu smiled and said: "Commissioner is too humble. Montenegro is full of gold and the environment is much better than ours. I have no other intentions. I'm afraid you won't get used to it. You should also know that brother, I don't care about all the trivial things on the ground in Nanping." Come to me, Commissioner Lu can’t help you with anything else, so it’s no problem to arrange a comfortable place to live.” He added, “Anyway, if you can use your brother, Commissioner, just speak up.”
Lu Ming smiled: "I'll have to trouble Director Chen in the future." He took the opportunity to get closer, but he couldn't say the word "brother".
"No trouble, no trouble!" Chen Rongfu smiled happily.
