Lu Ming

At this moment, Rao was a veteran agent of the Intelligence Bureau, and the two were very excited about receiving a medal for the first time in their lives, and being recognized by their colleagues and the "big shots" of the General Bureau for the first time in their lives.

They suppressed the turbulent emotions in their hearts, walked forward with trembling lips, stiffened their faces, and straightened their bodies, waiting for Nan Wang to award them the honor.

It is different from the military's series of medals that emphasize bravery and fearlessness.Since agents usually need to work in secret, the medals of the intelligence system are mostly used to express core ideas such as forbearance and perseverance.

Even the name: the Medal of Perseverance.

The Medal of Perseverance in a brocade box is an octagonal style that is common in later generations.

The merit corresponding to the Medal of Perseverance is third-class merit.

There are many specific items for third-class merit.Applying the two Huang Zhongs at this moment, it means overcoming difficulties, proactively, quickly and effectively providing logistical, technical or other combat support, and making a greater contribution to the completion of the task.

The next moment, Nan Wang pinned the beautiful medal on the chests of the two of them.

The medal pattern is very simple.In addition to radiating light all around, there is a molded white birch tree in the middle... It symbolizes unyielding in the cold, which fits the meaning of the title.

The Medal of Perseverance is simple in design, but the material is good.Its base material is copper-plated tinplate, and the chapter chain is made of filigree-inlaid Chinese knot technology. It is surrounded by Ming-style handmade blue enamel carvings, and the center is cold-pressed. .

The short awarding ceremony is here, and it is basically coming to an end.

If it is at the headquarters or the rear station, there should also be a ceremony such as awarding certificates, bonuses, and real estate certificates.

However, it is now in the "enemy-occupied area", so Nan Wang then explained clearly: "Now we are in a dangerous place, and the rest of the things that can be seen in writing... The rules you both understand are filed at the headquarters, and you will collect them yourself when you go back." Just fine."

"Subordinates understand the rules!"

Compared with the time when the Tugong started, the group of time-travelers is now really a five-star start.Since this is the case, then the rewards given to those who have done meritorious service are not limited to the spiritual aspect... The rich people invite people to buy people's hearts. The material rewards are simple and rude.

Including military, police, constitutional and other major hills, nowadays, anyone who is eligible to receive third-class merit awards will be accompanied by corresponding property and housing awards.

Houses in the new district are not cheap these days.

In this way, today's short but grand awarding ceremony is about to come to a successful conclusion.

In the last step, the awardees received the envious eyes and applause from all the team members... The two awardees who had permanent production were very excited at this moment, with tears in their eyes, and expressed that they would swear to follow Cao Dashuai and wholeheartedly obey the orders of the South Station Master, and strive to win again. Li Xingong, set up a second house for his son to live in.

After the ceremony, Nan Wang took advantage of the opportunity to appoint Huang Zhong as the deputy head of the intelligence team at Wuhan Station, and Fang Yanxiao as the deputy head of the operation team.

These two appointments are what the title should mean.

Not to mention that the two of Huang Zhong have a good life, and they have caught up with the rise of Wuhan.In just the past few days, since Nanwang led a large force to the port, Huang Zhong's team arranged the logistics affairs in an orderly manner, and collected all kinds of information channels, which shows that the two are proficient in business. During the long incubation period before, they were I have been working hard and conscientiously.

This is also the reason why Nan Wang reported credit to Huang Zhong's group as soon as he sent the telegram.

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The meritorious personnel were rewarded, the morale of the subordinates was improved, and after the internal integration was completed, the stationmaster Nan began his daily work.

There is no rush to establish an intelligence agency in one place, especially a Class A station like Wuhan.If the foundation is not laid well, it is likely to make a big mistake in a small place in the future.

Therefore, in the next few days, Nan Wang will follow the steps step by step, step by step, step by step.

First of all, after Mr. Nan bought a new house, he was not in a hurry to open a new business, but continued to socialize.

During this process, Master Nan not only went to the guild hall to chat with people, but he also invited some businessmen with closed eyes to come to his new house to discuss business.

At the same time, Mr. Nan, who was getting familiar with the situation, began to post again and again, looking for opportunities to visit some prominent people and business leaders in the local area.

Most of these people were the president of a certain line in the Ming Dynasty, and they all belonged to the generation with long sleeves and good dancers.Since Mr. Nan from the south of the Yangtze River has posted all the posts and gifts, there must be no missing gifts.

So Mr. Nan's activity of stepping on the ground went relatively smoothly.At least during this period of time, the local business community also knew of the existence of him as a grocer, and he became more or less familiar.

But that's all.

Xiakou is a large commercial port that is the thoroughfare of the world, and there are not many businessmen who come here every year to do business.However, among the ups and downs, there are only a few who can finally succeed.

You have seen too many people like Mr. Nan who come to step on the ground and try their best, so they mostly take a wait-and-see attitude.

Of course, all kinds of means have been prepared, and the rich man from the south is ready to learn what is called "deception".

Mr. Nan seems to know nothing about these things, because he is too busy to take care of these trivial matters.

In this way, by mid-April, things on the scene were generally in a hurry, so Nan Wang decided to choose an auspicious day nearby to open the business—the intelligence team and the action team were not idle these days when he was running around. The silver plate has been put down near the official street, and there are three facades in a row in Shimajia street, with a backyard outside.

Although Shima Street is not the main street, it is only a few blocks away from the main street, and it is very close to the Jiangan Pier. It is also bustling and lively, and it is a suitable place to open a business.

In this way, the preparatory work before the opening began: customizing a new plaque, moving the goods in the warehouse to the commercial bank, booking banquets, and sending invitations to businessmen and friends from all walks of life...

The business is busy, but fortunately, Wuhan station has sufficient manpower, and there are still small peripheral organizations, so these tasks have been carried out in an orderly manner.

In this way, in the first three days of the opening, friends from all walks of life, black and white, bright and dark, were all ready to participate in the opening of the "Keboge" store.

However, at this juncture, Master Nan crossed the river to Wuchang City on the Dongguang Fu in the early morning of the third day.

In fact, Master Nan's greeting cards had already been sent to Wuchang City seven days ago.

Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty conquered Wuchang, and set up the "Three Divisions" Yamen, including the Huguangcheng Announcement Political Envoy, the Improving Judgment, and the Commanding Envoy, all of which were located in Wuchang.

During the reign of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, the post of governor of Huguang was established in Wuchang.At this time, there were many yamen in Wuchang City, including the provincial-level Sansi yamen, Wuchang government-level and Jiangxia county-level government offices, so it was called "Huguang Huicheng".

Wuhan station is a key construction project of the General Intelligence Bureau. The station manager, Nan Wang, had already obtained several letters of recommendation from the high-speed sea mail system before departure.

These letters are operated by Beijing Station.The writers are all powerful bureaucrats in Beijing.

The purpose of the letter writer is to make friends with the old people in Wuchang City, recommend Nan Wang as "little brother", ask for knowledge and make friends to take care of him.

According to the plan, Nanwang can unseal these letters as appropriate to quickly create a local background.

Therefore, the day before the opening of Kebo Pavilion in Wuhan, Mr. Nan, who returned from Wuchang City, first invited a paper paper maker overnight, and hung a pair of calligraphy in the firm.

This pair of calligraphy has only two words: "Yonglong".

The private seal on the calligraphy and painting is signed by Wang Mengyin, the new governor of Huguang.

The next day, after the firecrackers went off, guests from all walks of life entered the door one after another, and were immediately shocked by Mr. Nan's background: the word "Yonglong" was written by the governor himself, with a private seal, not the kind written by his staff for money.

All the characters immediately looked at Master Nan with admiration.

Immediately afterwards, an even more shocking scene appeared: the actual boss of Xiakou Town, Mr. Yuan Huochang, the judge of Xiakou Town, brought a full set of honor guards and official badges, and came to rejoice with Mr. Kebo Genan.

At this moment, the group retreated and dispersed, and all evils avoided change.

Chapter 653 Behind Hexi

The new governor of Huguang, Wang Mengyin, named Shuren, was born in Ningjin County, Zhending Prefecture, Beizhili Province, and was a Jinshi in the 47th year of Wanli.

After 16 years of being a poor Beijing official in the court, this time he came out of Fuhuguang with the title of Yushi, the capital of Youqian.The whole process is unremarkable, it is the standard routine of the Beijing official to boil the level and finally to the outside.

In view of this, Governor Wang himself is very talkative, especially when the big bosses in the court send letters with requests, he naturally wants to take care of the unmasked Master Nan Wangnan.It is a normal response plan to give a pair of autographed calligraphy to use as a town house.

A poor Beijing official who can be released must be a poor Beijing official who has a faction and knows how to be a man... the one who has no faction and doesn't know how to be a man... is a poor Beijing official.

The governor handled it properly, but Xia Koutong sentenced Lord Yuan, it seemed that he overdid it this time.

In the reform and opening up of later generations, it is very common for officials to try their best to attract business and investment, and then participate in the opening ceremony of the enterprise.Most of the leaders will have to cut the ribbon and give speeches at that time... This is a supporting service.

But today is the seventeenth century, a feudal bureaucratic society that emphasizes official prestige, official voice, and scholarly style, and reform and opening up are not popular.

So Xia Koutong sentenced Yuan Huochang to Mr. Yuan, this time it really went too far.

Generally speaking, for officials to participate in the opening of "friends and merchants", a famous post is enough, and congratulators will naturally understand the meaning it represents.

If the master insists on coming in person, the most socially acceptable performance is to come quietly with a soft hat in green clothes and a small sedan chair, and congratulate him lightly... This is already the level of my brother-in-law's opening a business.

The above style not only conforms to social expectations, but also conforms to the spirit of Confucianism.More importantly, this move will not leave a notorious and stupid name in the officialdom - the influence brought by the official's personal visit is not much higher than that of a famous post, but there are many sequelae, and it is easy to be caught Go to the handle to attend the class.

However, this time Kebo Pavilion opened, Yuan Tongpan didn't care about all kinds of unspoken rules and follow-up troubles at all.Not only did he come in person, but he also wore official robes, sat down in eight official sedan chairs, and the front and rear officers blared gongs to clear the way, shouting all the way to the place, and every minute he became a trending figure.

This is the beginning.

After getting off the sedan chair in front of Kebo Pavilion, Mr. Yuan, with big ears and three black beards, not only congratulated Mr. Nan who heard the sound, but also chatted with Mr. Nan on the street, speaking loud auspicious words, and included a gift He raised his head and laughed loudly, doing a full trick.

Many onlookers were also completely shocked by what Mr. Yuan said.

So after talking for a long time, who is Yuan Tongpan?

During this period of time, Xiakou (Hankou) Town has already become one of the largest commercial ports in the world.As the officially designated transshipment hub for salt and grain in northern China, the bustling Hankou, Foshan Town, Zhuxian Town, and Jingdezhen are also known as the four famous towns in the world.

However, no matter how great the reputation is, no matter how developed the economy is, it cannot change the fact that Hankou Town is still a county-level administrative unit.

In other words, theoretically, the biggest official in Hankou Town is the county magistrate.

No way, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were rigid in their thinking. No matter how prosperous it was, they would not upgrade Hankou to a prefecture-level city, nor would it be a county-level city.

Of course, due to the growing industrial and commercial scale of Hankou and the subsequent demand for actual public services, it is impossible for the government to really let it go... After all, a county magistrate cannot handle such a fat...complicated business.

Not to mention the county, the actual GDP of Hankou Town has already surpassed that of many prefecture-level units, and its official business needs have also exceeded the needs of a prefecture.

As a result, Huguang Buzheng Yamen sent Hanyang Mansion Tongpan to Hankou Town to "assistantly handle government affairs" a long time ago: the superior administrative unit of Hankou Town is Hanyang Mansion.

Generally speaking, the position of general judge is a dispensable soy sauce position in some low-level poor mansions.

However, in Hankou, this post of judge is extremely important.This is the highest-level government department that manages the daily administrative affairs of Hankou Town in addition to professional yamen such as salt administration, water transport, and river courses.

Once a routine has been formed in the affairs of the officialdom, it cannot be shaken.Today, the post of general judge in Hankou has already evolved into a fixed position in charge of governing Hankou, which is somewhat similar to a separate city in later generations.

The above are the reasons why the congratulators were so surprised today.

Yuan Huochang, the general judge, has little official power and great power, and is actually the hidden government of Hankou.

Then, seeing the master of Futai supporting someone so recklessly today, the congratulators present were surprised, and their hearts suddenly became more vigilant: "The county magistrate who broke the family and the family-destroyer Ling Yin, and this Master Nan, in the future It’s better to have a good relationship.”

Next, as expected, the judge generously participated in the opening ceremony.

During the banquet, Mr. Yuan showed a cheerful face. He not only communicated cordially with the guests, but also chatted and laughed happily throughout the drink, which can be said to have given Mr. Nan enough face.

The big businessmen at the same table, on the contrary, restrained their appearance this time, and did not inquire about the relationship between Master Yuan and Master Nan like a fool - Master Yuan's "crazy" performance today has far exceeded the traditional sense. Government-business cooperation.

No matter what ulterior secrets there are between the two parties, in the current situation, the people present have already smelled the danger.Before finding out the beginning and end of the matter, these old fritters who have experienced the world, no one dares to act rashly anymore.

In the end, a unique opening ceremony that exceeded the expectations of all the congratulators came to an end amidst the farewell sounds of each person's thoughts.

After this incident, Mr. Nan, who came from Shanghai to the port, and his Keboge grocery store established a firm foothold in Xiakou (Hankou) town overnight.

Regardless of whether they are white or black, in front of this mysterious businessman who has opened up the world, they all put away their minions and became polite and amiable... Everyone's kindness makes money.

After Master Nan revealed his means, he didn't do anything surprising.

In the following time, apart from settling down his business, his other activities were the usual ones, which were very low-key: attending chambers of commerce, visiting friends and merchants, chatting with people about business and drinking tea in teahouses and so on.

In his spare time, Master Nan mostly stays at home, studying the Four Books and Five Classics, without losing his true qualities as a scholar.

In this way, seven days later, Master Nan's second cargo ship from Shanghai arrived at the port.

This newly arrived cargo ship obviously set off ahead of time by telegram before, and now it is just in time.

The reason why it is just right is that Master Geinnan's firm opened, and the business is still good.

Although most of the wholesalers are common groceries, they cannot hold back the prosperity of Xiakou.Furthermore, quite a few local merchants were willing to buy some of Mr. Nan's goods to make a good relationship, so a lot of the first shipment of goods had already been sold.

However, what was loaded on the second ship was not all ordinary groceries.There are not only 50 barrels of cement on board, but also an engineering team, which includes engineering and technical personnel, accountants and experienced craftsmen.

It was night, and Yuan Tongpan, who Wenxin came here in person, was really inconspicuous this time.And when Master Yuan disembarked to check the cargo in person, he urged Cong Ren even more loudly: "Hurry up, hurry up, I unloaded them overnight, and they all went into the official warehouse of Jiazi!"

"Follow your orders!"

Looking at Master Yuan's panicked eyes, it seemed as if he was afraid that Mr. Nan, who was standing on the bow of the boat and admiring the moon, would regret it.

The next moment, Mr. Yuan came out of the cabin, took two steps in three steps, and bowed to Mr. Nan to the end: "Mr. is so trustworthy, and the students are deeply impressed. This room is on behalf of thousands of people. Thank you, Mr. and... my lords." gone."

Hearing this, Nanwang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up: "My lord, you don't have to be so ignorant. You should know that this cement is the first batch of goods, and there will be a long time to come! Hehe."

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There is nothing new under the sun.Although the traverser possesses advanced technology and knowledge, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the most real power and money if he wants to get a magistrate thousands of miles away from his old nest.

It depends on power to settle the governor, but Yuan Tong's judgment here is money.

About Yuan Huochang, the only trace of this ordinary Ming Dynasty official left in history is a project: embankment repair.

In real history, it was precisely in this year, 1635 AD, that Yuan Huochang, the general judge of Hankou, presided over the construction of a river embankment, which started from Qiaokou in the west and ended in Dongdi Street in Jianghan District in the east.

It is because of this embankment that Hanzheng Street will not be invaded by the river tide in the next few hundred years.

To commemorate Yuan Tongsan, later generations called this embankment Yuan Gong embankment.

Although after the Republic of China, Yuan Gong Dike gradually disappeared on the banks of the Yangtze River due to urban reconstruction, but history has remembered this dike, and Yuan Huochang's name has thus remained in the local chronicles and government chronicles.

Building bridges and roads, no matter which dynasty they are in, will always be a noble choice.

Compared with Zhang Liang and Xiao He, who are famous in the history of the minority and occupy the vast majority of ordinary officials, if they want to leave their names in the annals of history, then building bridges and roads is basically the only route these officials can choose.

Numerous striking examples illustrate the possibility of this route.

Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County.Thousands of years later, no one knows what other political achievements he has, but by building Dujiangyan, the prefect was extolled from the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty... Even the textbooks of later generations, the prefect Li Bing and his Dujiangyan, are all It is an important knowledge point.