Lu Ming

Fang Tangjing, who is only 30 years old, still has a strong comprehension ability.Under the introduction of the tour guide, he now understands at least some general concepts: all machines are divided into two parts, the part that emits black smoke is the "body", which is the output, just like mules and horses; the rest is the "use". , responsible for specific operations, like a carriage.

Not only that, Fang Tangjing also roughly calculated the output of some factories in the kiln area.The result of course made him speechless: the monthly output of any parts is calculated in thousands or tens of thousands, even for an ordinary wheel kiln, the monthly brick production rate is several 10 yuan... This has surpassed that of Hangzhou. The output of all nearby brick kilns combined.

The more he got to know, the more Fang Tangjing became more optimistic about Cao's potential, which in turn led him to learn more about this place.So it was not until a week later that Fang Tangjing finished his investigation of the kiln area.

During the two days of rest in the hotel, Fang Tangjing picked up the pen and ink, and recorded the survey results, data, and personal opinions of the senior officials during this period in detail.This is very important information, and it will be discussed and analyzed in detail with the owner after returning home.

After the rest, Fang Tangjing, who had already made up his mind, started his last job as a senior officer: contacting the general's mansion head-on.

The method of contact is very simple, as I have already said in the previous article: Fang Tangjing only needs to walk into the government affairs hall of the Chikan District Government, and then find the window of major customers.

So he did the same.

The process went smoothly.Leaving aside the business visas that Master Bu applied for, Fang Tangjing himself represented a family of gentry in Hangzhou.

So when he came to the window to declare his family name, and handed over his master's post, he was quickly invited to the meeting, and green tea was served in front of him.

The receptionists, a man and a woman in jackets with double-breasted jackets, were very enthusiastic. They not only took out some investment promotion documents printed by the Chikan District Government, but also explained to Fang Tangjing one by one the terms on the documents so that the guests could understand Neologisms such as "light industry".

Generally speaking, there is no threshold for the current investment promotion activities in the crossing country.In other words, as long as the guests who come have money to invest, the time-travelers don't care about the other party's political attributes: even if the opponent is a reactionary gentry like Master Bu.

This idea of ​​attracting investment was only reversed at the conference at the beginning of the year-before that, the Ministry of Commerce did not dare to open up investment channels to the gentry because the plate was too small and the confidence was insufficient.

It's different now: as long as the old men dare to invest, they will dare to sell their shops, houses, land and commodity agency rights.If the entanglement continues like this, when the showdown comes, will the master turn his face or not?

If you turn your face, all the previous investments and business will be gone; if you don't turn it over, you will be sorry to Chongzhen, master, you can decide for yourself...

Fang Tangjing didn't have any worries in this regard. In fact, he knew very well what his master's virtues were.Although it is the same age as Master Bu, but unlike Master Bu who sticks to the way of Confucius all his life, his favorite in his life is Kong...Brother Fang, so in the face of interests, Fang can guess with his heels arrive.

Fang Tangjing spent another two days in the government affairs hall.

During this period, he had a detailed understanding of the district government's investment promotion policy, and with the help of the clerk, Fang Tangjing also tried to choose a few investment channels suitable for his family.

These investment routes are all about light industry, which requires two operations: while investing in shops and residences in Chikan, while working as an agent or directly investing in workshops in Hangzhou.

At this point, Fang Tangjing's work as a senior official this time is considered complete.For the remaining actions, he needs to go back to Hangzhou to discuss and study with the master before deciding what kind of project to invest in.

Fang Xiucai, who took care of everything, finally bought the boat ticket after Master Bu Bu, and arrived at Chikan Wharf with the young servant early in the morning.

Shaking the folding fan lightly, Fang Tangjing stood on the pier, and finally looked reluctantly at this land that brought endless hope in his heart: "It will come again in the second half of the year, and then we will buy a set of 'three bedrooms and one living room' first." !” Fang Tangjing thought silently.

However, as the saying goes: There is no book without a coincidence.

The moment Fang Xiucai was about to turn around and board the trestle bridge, he saw a person walking by Shi Shiran from the side of the street.

The startled Fang Xiucai threw down the Gucci buckskin suitcase in his hand, ran quickly, separated the passers-by, rushed to the side of the person, and shouted: "Hey! Wu that kidnapper, you committed a crime today, don't try to run away! "

Chapter 369

After Fang Tangjing yelled loudly, pedestrians looked sideways.The person he yelled at was also startled, and turned his head to glare at Fang Tangjing.

This person is tall and in his thirties, wearing a pair of gray trousers and a hooded sweater.Unlike other people in the area, this person has long hair.The long ponytail was simply tied up and fell right into the hood behind the head.

The next moment the man turned from surprise to joy, opened his mouth wide, rushed over and grabbed Fang Tangjing's shoulder: "My dear brother, why is it you!?"

And Fang Tangjing also laughed and said: "Brother, I don't want you and me to meet again here!"

The two laughed and looked at each other excitedly.After not wanting to take a few glances, Fang Tangjing suddenly became a little sad: "Brother, you've lost weight!"

At this time, the elder brother also let out a long sigh: "Oh, it's hard to say, it's hard to say."

At this time, it was naturally impossible for Fang Tangjing to set off by boat.So he refunded the boat ticket, went back to the hotel with his brother, checked in the room again, and the two were ready to have a long talk.

Who is this brother?look south.

……

It is said that Fang Tangjing's owner's surname is Huang, and his name is Shaozhou.Mr. Huang Shaozhou and Mr. Bu from Fujian belonged to the top three Jinshi during the Wanli period, and they had a good relationship in the same year.

This old man Huang Shaozhou lived in Hangzhou for generations and is a local aborigine.At the beginning, Nan Wang Nan Xiucai worked as a cleaner for others in Hangzhou, and the unit where he worked for the longest time was in Mr. Huang's residence.

At that time, in the Qingke team working in the Huangfu, probably because of their similar age and background, Nan Wang and Fang Tangjing got along very well from the very beginning, and later the two brothers even became hardcore, respecting each other. Brothers match.

It's also a coincidence to say that the two belonged to the small bourgeois families in Hangzhou city, and they were both not outstanding talents. In the end, both were forced by the pressure of life and went to Mr. Huang's mansion to become cleaners.

And what they resemble the most is the loss of their wives.People in ancient times got married very early. Nan Wang and Fang Tangjing had married when they were in their 20s. As a result, their first spouses both died of illness after a few years of marriage.

After that, they began to have a fork in the choice of life path: Fang Tangjing was finally favored by the host, Mr. Huang, and continued to be the distant niece of Mr. Huang, and was promoted to be Mr. Huang's confidant and staff.

But Nanwang found true love in a salt merchant: he made the salt merchant's concubine pregnant, then abducted her and ran away, and finally became the subordinate of the crossing people by mistake.

It's hard to say.

After the two returned to the hotel, Fang Tangjing immediately grabbed Nanwang and asked endlessly. Before Nanwang ran away in a hurry, Fang Tangjing only got a few letters because he was afraid of hurting his friends. SMS.The content above only said that Nanwang was going to visit the south of the screen, and there was no news from then on.

In the nearly two years since then, Fang Tangjing has been inquiring about Nan Wang's whereabouts, but except for a little gossip about Nan Wang's kidnapping, there is no news of the rest.I don't want to meet his elder brother in the vast crowd today in this place thousands of miles away from Hangzhou.

As for Nan Wang, facing Fang Tang Jing at this moment, he also had mixed feelings.

After he settled down in Taiwan, he had the idea of ​​sending a message to Fang Tangjing.But first of all, he was afraid that the salt merchants' attention would be brought to Fang Tangjing's attention after sending the message—Nan Wang couldn't evaluate the salt merchant's reaction after the elopement incident, so he could only speculate on the situation in Hangzhou according to the worst outcome.

Well, because Nan Wang soon became an employee of the intelligence bureau, the matter of delivering the letter was naturally temporarily put on hold: the identity of the intelligence officer needs to be kept secret, and Nan Wang has a case on his back, so if he takes the initiative to contact the former relationship, It will involve background checks and layers of approval, which is very troublesome.

So after meeting Fang Tangjing by accident today, Nan Wang was also pleasantly surprised.In his original plan, it will take a few years, when he has the opportunity to go to Jiangnan to perform missions, and he will pick up these past events and people one by one.

However, when Fang Tangjing asked about his whereabouts in the past two years, Nan Wang was suddenly alerted: the Intelligence Bureau has strict regulations that such a major recovery of interpersonal relationships must be approved by the superior before it can be carried out.

So Nan Wang could only suppress his emotions, and picked some places that did not violate the rules to prevaricate Fang Tangjing.

The specific content of what he said was very empty: he left Hangzhou in a hurry because he met a "noble man" who was paying a lot of money to recruit staff.After Nan Wang applied for the job, he didn't have time to say goodbye to Fang Tangjing because the nobleman was about to set sail.

Afterwards, because he was often sent by nobles to go on business trips overseas, Nan Wang had no chance to contact Xiandi.

Fang Tangjing had no doubts about Nan Wang's temporary remarks.What interested him was something else... He was keenly aware of some information in Nan Wang's words: "Isn't that noble man an old brother who started his career with General Cao?"

Nan Wang nodded slowly.It is normal information that he works locally, and there is no need to hide it.

"Come on! This is really nowhere to be found. Brother, brother this time is ordered by the master to come here to find the way."

Nan Wang was very familiar with the Huang family, so he immediately understood Fang Tangjing's ins and outs: "Haha, our master is really willing to send you, a general!"

To say that this Huang Shaozhou Master Huang is also a wonderful person.

The Huang family was originally just an ordinary businessman in Hangzhou City, and the highest-ranking figure ever was only Mr. Huang's scholar father.As a result, in the Wanli period, Mr. Huang became a blockbuster and passed the Jinshi examination, which changed the lintel at once.

After being released as a county magistrate, in the reign of Tianqi, Mr. Huang found that Wei Zhongxian and Eunuch Wei had been dragged to break through the sky, so like many smart scholars at that time, he "retired and returned to his hometown" in time.

After returning to Hangzhou, Mr. Huang began to manage the family business seriously.

Mr. Huang, who came from a businessman's family, not only has a keen sense of business, but also does not have the stinky airs of a usual gentleman in his conduct.Not only did he show respect to the sages, but he also showed great kindness to down-and-out literati like Nanwang, and he also protected other forces very well.

In this way, coupled with the background of a genuine Jinshi, the Huang family's family business inflated like a balloon.

So today, when Nan Wang heard about Fang Tangjing's reasoning, he immediately thought of Mr. Huang, the mastermind behind the scenes with a keen sense of business.

Fang Tangjing was already pleasantly surprised when he met Nan Wang by accident; now, when he finds out that his brother is actually working for the "Cao family", it is even more joy than joy.So he hurriedly confessed the purpose and harvest of his trip to Taiwan.

Nan Wang nodded silently while listening: For the aborigines who have just arrived in your land, it is really not easy to learn so many things in a short period of time and find the right investment direction. Brother Baodao is not old.

So Nan Wang patted Fang Tangjing's back for the last time: "My dear brother, don't worry, Mr. Huang treated me well back then, and now you have become the son-in-law of the Huang family, so I will definitely not stand idly by in this matter. Brother is now an old man in the General's Mansion, helping Mr. Huang is a trivial matter!"

Fang Tangjing was extremely happy at this moment, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

When you are excited, time will pass quickly.Before he knew it, it was already noon, so Nan Wang took Fang Tangjing, master and servant, out of the restaurant.During this period, he still deliberately evaded his past, and Fang Tangjing was mainly talking between the two of them.

While Fang Tangjing was excited, he didn't notice this.He just kept telling the whole situation of the Huang family and himself in the past two years, including the two "big and small illnesses" that Mr. Huang has never been able to solve.

It is said that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. No matter whether it is God or God, it is always impossible for a family to live a perfect life. The same is true for this Huangfu.

In Master Huang's body, there have been two diseases that cannot be cured for many years.One of these is "foot disease".Mr. Huang has always had problems with his feet. It is an old disease. Once the attack occurs, the pain is unbearable, and he cannot walk in bed.

For Mr. Huang, foot disease is actually a minor illness.And the most serious disease in his body is "no offspring".

Having no offspring is a serious hidden danger for families in the Middle Ages.From ordinary people to emperors, the absence of a qualified heir means the turmoil of the family and the country. This is a major event.Although Mr. Huang is said to be in the prime of life, his fifth wife and concubines have yet to give birth to a son and a half daughter... Anyone with a discerning eye can see who is wrong.

Then Fang Tangjing vomited a lot of bitterness in front of Nanwang: because of the matter of having no heirs, there were often riots at home, and there was no peace.

Nan Wang laughed out loud when he heard this.Mr. Huang's "big and small diseases" are well known. He knew it when he was working in the Huang family.Unexpectedly, the matter has not been resolved today: "It's better to hurry up and adopt a son from the clan. It's the season, why is the master so pretentious?"

"Master just doesn't want to be reconciled, plus he can't get used to those juniors in the clan... Sigh, let's not mention it, it's hard to say."

……

The people who reunited after a long absence chatted while eating, and did not break up until the afternoon.

In fact, Nan Wang was on vacation today, but due to the unexpected factor of Fang Tangjing, he had to leave temporarily.

After settled down with Fang Tangjing and told him that he was going on a business trip, and that he would come back tomorrow for a detailed discussion, Nan Wang hurried to his unit - the Intelligence Bureau.

As the only intelligence agency in the empire at present, the size of the Intelligence Bureau has been expanding.This kind of expansion is to prepare for the future split: if the plate is too big, the intelligence agency must be split, otherwise the intelligence chief can sit on the head of the prime minister and shit... You can refer to Hoover.

After bidding farewell to Fang Tangjing at Nan Wang's side, he hurried out to take a one-man carriage and rushed all the way to the headquarters of the Intelligence Bureau near Xingang Creek.

The headquarters has only recently been relocated to the spacious suburbs because there is finally a quota for the various circuit wires.The new headquarters is equipped with a series of facilities such as the training base, which has the feeling of Quantico.

After Nan Wang took out his ID at the gate of the headquarters surrounded by walls and full of light and dark whistles, he went all the way unimpeded, and finally he came to a three-story office building deep in the headquarters.

He took out the key and opened the door of one of the offices. After Nanwang entered the door, he washed his face in the enamel washbasin, then sat at the camphor wood desk, spread out the pen and paper, calmed down, and wrote the report seriously.

Chapter 370 Telegrams and Missions

Nan Wang was born as a scholar, writing a report was easy and enjoyable for him.

In fact, if these ancient literati are placed in later generations, there is no doubt that all of them are academic masters.In that boring and backward teaching environment, he can understand the obscure and difficult ancient Chinese without punctuation marks by heart, and then write the article by himself; this kind of person will definitely be admitted to 985 in future generations.

Among the students of the Intelligence Bureau at the same time, Nan Wang was more partial to subjects, and most of his skill points were added to "liberal arts", which was also a necessary condition for him to study chemistry.He has this kind of advantage that most of his colleagues don't have, because it takes a long time for others to just take basic cultural courses, and 007 is not so easy to be.

Holding a thick carbon steel pen in his hand, Nanwang wrote the draft of the report in a hurry.

Due to the lack of key parts: rubber/plastic ink suction tubes, capillary pens that seem to be simpler in craftsmanship cannot be manufactured in the kiln area.As for those early products that required pistons to absorb ink, I didn't bother to make them here.

On the contrary, carbon pens, which became popular only in the 21st century, are in line with the current technological conditions: the kiln area can produce qualified ink, sponge refills and pen holders.

As for the pen with the highest requirements... This thing cannot be made after passing through all lifetimes.You must know that the ballpoint pens of later generations are the stuff that even the capital and ministers have a headache. The Internet celebrity Mrs. Dong also seized the opportunity to catch a wave of enthusiasm. After cars, mobile phones, and chips, she fell in love with the country again and vowed to create production pens. The core equipment, in the end, nothing happened...

The diameter of a hair is 100 microns, and the machining error of a ballpoint pen tip cannot exceed 3 microns.Even though the requirements for carbon nibs are low, there is no dedicated special steel for Zouzhong, and the machining accuracy of the entire system cannot reach the micron level, so this thing really belongs to the "Lifetime" series and can only be imported.

Fortunately, there is still Emperor Cao, who imported tens of thousands of nibs in a box, which is enough for everyone to use right now.

In the future, after the machining technology of the kiln area is upgraded, the volume of imported materials can be further reduced: only the balls of the pen tip are imported.In that case, a box is hundreds of thousands.

Of course, the ultimate solution is to plant rubber trees to produce capillary pens.As for the ball on the tip of the pen, this can only be left to future generations to solve.

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Nan Wang, who is familiar with the internal review rules of the Intelligence Agency, divided the report into two parts.

The first part is a supplement to his own past personal relationship.It included information on the intimacy of Nanwang, Master Huang Shaozhou, Fang Tangjing, and other members of the Huang family, money exchanges, and so on.

These supplements were written to facilitate internal review within the organization.He didn't write that much detail in his files before, but now that Fang Tangjing's incident happened, Nan Wang had to submit these contents to the "organization" if he wanted to restore contact.

He is very clear about the operating rules of the Intelligence Bureau: the content of the report will be sent to Hangzhou, and the Hangzhou Station will organize the review, and finally submit the results to the General Administration.

So Nan Wang wrote the report in as much detail as possible: cover-ups and omissions would make the review difficult, and the feedback would be detrimental to the reviewee.

The second part of the report is his plan of "recruiting leading parties".

This leading party plan is now commonplace. The 17th century was in the early stages of capitalist development, the West was still struggling in the quagmire of the Thirty Years War and mercantilism, and the East was still playing the old trick of the world. Neither the East nor the West had established Modern concept of state and nation.

Therefore, the cross-travelers in charge of intelligence later discovered that it was essentially some infiltration, and the behavior of cultivating the leading party would not be condemned by the society and vigilant by the indigenous people in this era.

Except for some scholar-bureaucrats who talk about "the world's favor from the emperor" when they have nothing to do, the rest of the Ming Dynasty can be said to have no advanced concept of "defending the family and the country" at all, and it is very convenient to recruit. The benefits will do.

So Nan Wang seized the opportunity today, and wrote down the suggestion of wooing the Huang family in the report: The leading party is also divided into first-come-first-served, and in 49 anyway, the post-event ratings will be one notch lower.

This plan of wooing the Leading Party is both public and private for Nanwang.

Yu Gong, recruiting a family of indigenous gentry in order to organize the wooing in the Jiangnan area, this is a good thing no matter how you look at it.

In private, when he was down and out, the first place he worked was Huangfu.Mr. Huang is a sophisticated person, treat him with sincerity, and Fang Tangjing is his best friend, so at this time, Nan Wang must help Huang Fu no matter what.

Nan Wang is one of the most elite group of indigenous figures in the empire, and he is qualified to watch "internal reference films".So Nan Wang knew that sooner or later, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River would be cleaned by the cannon that fired copper shells... only the leading party would be an exception.

So now he urgently needs to start guiding the Huangfu, and the first step in guiding is to submit a report for approval from the superior.Because only in this way, he can justifiably mobilize some resources and pass some information to Master Huang by the way.

As Nanwang worked hard to write, it was getting dark before he knew it.He got up and closed the curtains, lit the kerosene lamp on the desk, and looked down at Nan Wang to review the draft he had written, then picked up a piece of letter paper with the letterhead of the Red Intelligence Bureau, and copied it neatly.

After everything was done, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Nan Wang folded up the written report, got up and went to the cafeteria first.Naturally, the cafeteria of the Intelligence Agency was open 24 hours a day. After someone had a quick lunch, he turned around and went to the headquarters building.

It is said that it is a building, but it is actually three floors, but there are two more podiums.After checking the documents at the entrance of the building, and entering the first floor to register and report, Nan Wang sat down on a row of chairs in the lobby and waited obediently.

Since he asked to see his superiors on a temporary basis, he didn't know if he could succeed, so he could only wait for news in the waiting area on the first floor.