Lu Ming

Chapter 645

Guangzhou Old Town, south of the city, Geshui Street.

The light from a kerosene lamp came from far to near, and accompanied by the sound of "da da" horseshoes, the carriage slowly drove along the old stone road.

The old city of Guangzhou under the night is deep and quiet.On the right side of the narrow stone road, there is a small river in the city that flows silently, with scattered moonlight floating on the water.

On the left hand side of the stone road is a high wall.I don't know which big family's back house wall stretches continuously.The base of the bluestone wall is covered with delicate moss, and the surface of the blue brick wall is covered with fine scratches of the years. Every corner tells the prominent family status of the owner of the house.

Curled up, with the sleeves of his robe folded, Zhou Yi was half lying on the roof of the car.He didn't close the curtain, but stretched his legs out of the car.

The old-fashioned two-wheeled carriage without a shock absorption system and rubber tires is constantly bumping along the way, even if it is a relatively high-end stone road.

However, Zhou Yi is very used to this kind of bumps, especially in today's environment.

His mood at the moment is very "empty".

The bumps of the wheels, the specially opened curtains, and the slowly receding street scene. Whenever these elements come together, Zhou Yi’s memory will jump out of an unforgettable scene: when he escaped from his hometown in Ezhou, he was sitting in the same bumpy carriage , out of the gate of Ezhou, boarded the Yangtze River Wharf.

Everything is so plausible. The same stone road, the same river in the city, the same high wall.At this moment, Yuanyuan and Ezhou merged with Guangzhou where he was, which made Zhou Yi's thoughts empty, and his whole person was in an "empty" state.

The rare state of mind relaxation was not long interrupted by the noise.

When Zhou Yi woke up, he suddenly found that the carriage had passed through the quiet Geshui Street and arrived at Xingshi Street not far from the South Gate.

Zhou Yi immediately reached into his pocket, took out a delicate copper pocket watch and took a look.

In the dim car hood, the green fluorescent pointer on the dial told Zhou Yi brightly that it was the end of Xu time—9 o'clock in the evening.

"Fortunately, we can catch up."

Seeing that there was no problem with the time, Zhou Yi relaxed his heart, and lazily lay back in the car bucket.

Almost an hour had passed since he came out of Yang Liushui's house.

Tonight's New Year's Eve, Zhou Yi had a perfect time.It's not because of the wine, the most important thing is that through the festive atmosphere and the communication with Yang Liushui's family, Zhou Yi, who is alone, has obtained a "spiritual" supplement in this distant foreign land.

In addition, Yang Liushui's "work" and "organizational" problems were completely solved this time, and to a large extent, he "repaid" Yang Liushui. This arrangement made Zhou Yi feel very comfortable.

He knew that he would be away on business for a long time in the future, and if he didn't settle Yang Liushui well, he wouldn't feel at ease when he went out.

However, such things as emotions will eventually dissipate.When the carriage came to the noisy Xingshi Street, Zhou Yi, who seemed to be lazily lying in the carriage, had actually switched to the "working" state seamlessly, becoming a minion of the empire produced by the ruthless training system.

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With the growing influence of the new district, the seemingly old and dull old city of Guangzhou has already been affected in all aspects, and the South Gate complex is the place that has changed the most.

In the years before this, although there were various traditional programs inside and outside the city after nightfall, most of them were limited to the "entertainment industry", such as painting boats and courtyard streets.As for the rest of the city, most of them were pitch black.

Night, in fact, has little to do with ordinary people.This is the seventeenth century, and ordinary people just light an oil lamp and can't afford other programs.

However, when the carriage turned around and entered the city street today, the noise and the dense lights rushed towards us, which caught people off guard.

At night, the area near the South Gate of Guangzhou has become a bustling market.There are all kinds of food all over the roadside, including traditional rice noodles, wontons and glutinous rice chicken, as well as new fried chicken, barbecue and food stalls.

Most of these stalls are hung with bright kerosene lamps.Amidst the smoke and cooking smoke, many diners from nowhere packed the seats to the brim, shouting and laughing non-stop, making the stall owner sweat profusely.

After the food stalls, go further to the inner square of the South Gate, which is also brightly lit, and the square is full of trucks from the city and the north of the city.

Originally, there was no square here at the South Gate. After entering the South Gate, there is the main street and the shops and residences on both sides.

Later, one day, the government went crazy and forcibly demolished a large piece of land inside and outside the south gate.Later, a circle of two-storey small buildings was built around the square, and began to be rented out to various big business houses for food and rent.

Now whenever night falls, the goods from the city and the north of the city will be assembled, inspected, and accounted for in the inner square of the south gate.The major companies will ship the goods out of the south gate for shipment in the early morning of the next day, and send them across the river to the new district in time.

Zhou Yi's carriage came to the south gate of the city against the constant flow of people in such a strange environment that was as bright as day, which had not been seen in thousands of years.

At the gate of Nancheng, Zhou Yi got out of the carriage, first politely took out the broken silver and settled the bill with the driver.

Next, he straightened his clothes, and then walked out of the city with ordinary steps.

If it was a few years ago, at this point in time, the main gate of Guangzhou Nancheng would have been closed long ago.However, in the past few years, with the elimination of bandits in the surrounding areas and the development of commercial activities, the closing time of the southern gate of the old city of Guangzhou, which is the closest to the new district, has been pushed back and forth. close the door.

Zhou Yi didn't encounter any trouble when he went out of the city. The guards at the gate of the city were responsible for collecting tolls, and they would not pay attention to a person who was dressed in ordinary clothes, looked ordinary, behaved in ordinary manner, and would forget him at a glance.

When he walked out of the city gate, Zhou Yi passed by a large number of tired-looking "workers" in denim overalls.These people are the root cause of the bustling and bustling inside and outside the South Gate - the aborigines in the city who work the night shift in the new district.

The weakness of the basic industry and the rapid expansion have caused the embarrassing situation of "hard to find a house" in the new district.In addition, the refugees who are constantly transported from the sea need to be resettled, so there are still many migrant workers in the old city who have not been able to get into the house. They can only take a shuttle boat to and from get off work across the river every day. dicks.

Passing through the majestic and heavy South City Gate, Zhou Yi saw the dazzling lights on the other side of the river at a glance.In the night of the seventeenth century, the light caught the attention of the natives and was so shocking.I don't know how many indigenous elites were overwhelmed by the mighty power represented by that piece of light, and devoted themselves to the cause of crossing people without hesitation.

At night outside the south gate, no one rests, and the industrious Ming people have already started to work the night shift.Small passenger ships and cargo ships with lights hanging on the bows are busy in and out of the pier.There is also the "highway" construction site outside the south gate, where the prototype of later county-level highways has appeared.

In order to supply the huge appetite of the new area, the original industrial chain has already been established.During Zhou Yi's short journey to the pier, he saw no less than three boats of live ducks and geese waiting in line to board the slaughter boat.

A Qingyuan live goose, after being processed all night by the industrial chain, will turn into a smooth embryo goose and transport it to the new area at three or four o'clock in the morning.By tomorrow morning, the embryonic goose will turn into a delicious roasted goose in beeswax, lying on a porcelain plate, waiting for Mr. Chuangui to enjoy.

At the same time, all goose feathers and duck feathers will be collected and sent to factories to make down jackets for export, without any waste.

Zhou Yi arrived at the pier and skillfully boarded the passenger ship in the waiting area.

It didn't take long for the little passenger ship to be full.The boatman shouted a chant, started sailing, and rowed the boat to the other side of the river.

The boats on the river are in order, and there are special roads for coming and going to ensure traffic order.

The "road" on the water is composed of two sets of waterproof buoys burning kerosene inside.This kind of magical "night light" whose upper part is made of glass will amaze every boat passenger who sees this wonderful thing for the first time.

The guiding route made up of night buoys can allow boaters to cross the wide river without any danger at night in the seventeenth century, and go straight to the pier in the new district.

The moment Zhou Yi jumped onto the pier in the new area was exactly 9:40.

When you arrive in the new area, it's your own territory, and there are no taboos.Zhou Yi got on the pier, and in the waiting area, he skillfully put together a beautiful four-wheeled carriage and went to Zhongxin Street.

"Central Avenue" is the earliest established administrative district street.This street with a large cross in the middle of the street is wide and high-end, surrounded by core administrative units.The nearby square is also called the "central square".

The hardened road in the new district is flat and hard.A four-wheeled carriage with a spring and shock absorption system runs on it, which is stable and fast.

Not long after, Zhou Yi got off at Dashizi, walked across the square to the east of the cross, and turned into Plaza East Road.

From here on, the interrogation became stricter.At the intersection of Plaza East Road, Zhou Yi first accepted a temporary interrogation.

The mobile investigation team armed with live ammunition was very interested in the "Ming Man" Zhou Yi who dared to wander around the East Square Road in the middle of the night.But the next moment, when Zhou Yi took out his ID, the people in the interrogation team also understood: it turned out to be the son of the General Intelligence Bureau.

In this way, after going through another fixed inspection post, Zhou Yi finally walked to his unit: No. 11 Square East Road.

Ordinary iron gates, ordinary concierges, oil lamps hanging above the windows, and the old man dozing behind the glass windows. No. 11 Plaza East Road is an ordinary administrative unit, probably the Archives Bureau. Such a Qingshui yamen.

However, when Zhou Yi stepped into the iron gate and bypassed the screen wall, he, who was familiar with the inside story, immediately felt the gaze of N pairs of eyes.

Zhou Yi knew that at this moment, when he suddenly stood under a big bright LED light bulb, his eyes couldn't react, and he couldn't see anything a few meters away.

As he was illuminated by high-intensity lights, he was not only stared at by the gun-wielding guards on the left and right sides, but also the snipers on the wall in the dark place in front of the left and right——Zhou Yi himself was a sniper on duty. The battalion's rifle shooting project is 95 points.

Slowly took out the blue leather ID and shook it, and stretched out his hand to make an internal gesture under the light. Zhou Yi waited for his eyes to adapt to the light, and then he moved forward steadily, passed through the "target area", and came to the real concierge of the General Intelligence Bureau .

The next moment, the lieutenant on duty in the porter's room, wearing a big cap, began to register against the documents.

"Name."

"Zhou Yi."

"Reason."

"Sale vacation."

(End of this chapter)