Lu Ming

Chapter 648 The Road to Appointment ([-])

The power of time is so powerful that it can erase all traces of human activities, even memories.

Especially in times of drastic social change.

Xiamen, the place where repeated land and sea battles took place.Those powerful pirate gangs and famous bandit leaders disappeared from people's memory in just a few years, as if it was a long time ago.

At nightfall, under a bright kerosene lamp, Mr. Nanwangnan stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes, carefully observing the flow of people on the pier, as well as the various fireworks that were still making loud noises throughout the night. Port Machinery.

At the moment, the Dongguangfu is docking at Beigang in the Inner Bay of Zhangzhou.The location is approximately at the mouth of the Jiulong River in later generations, the bonded port area.

Beigang, where there are many cranes, used to be just a fishing village.After the war a few years ago, this piece of land belonging to the Zheng family was swallowed up by the Cao family.

After that, the fishing village area became a port area and was built into the largest cargo port in Zhangzhou Bay.

The geographical location of Beigang is extremely important, and it is the port of departure for cities along the Jiulong River.Travelers have invested a lot of resources here, and Beigang is positioned as a large hub port with the function of river-sea combined transport.

From this point of view, the cities and counties in southern Fujian, including Zhangzhou and Longyan, are all within the range of the Jiulong River's freight routes.

In fact, after several years of transportation construction and commercial network laying, even some commodities in Ganzhou, an important city in southern Jiangxi, will now be "exported" via the Jiulongjiang route in southern Fujian.

This is the reason why Beigang is so prosperous.Zhangzhou’s tea, fish, lyme and honey, Longyan’s copper, gold, wood and iron, and even Ganzhou’s orange pomelo, tin and tungsten will be purchased by shipping companies from all over the country, and then they will take inland cargo ships to Beigang, and finally transport them through Beigang’s huge river-sea combined transport system. The goods were loaded on ships and transported to various places along the coast of Daming.

"Master Zhan, all the goods for Xiamen Zhan have been delivered."

Zhou Yi, dressed in casual attire, came behind Nan Wang and whispered a report.

Nan Wang didn't make a sound, his gaze was still focused on the giant gantry crane on the pier.

Amidst the bright lights, a puff of black smoke rose from time to time, and the giant gantry crane spouting high-temperature steam was naturally not at the same level as the giants that could assemble aircraft carriers in later generations.But in the 17th century, the steel gantry cranes that could be used on thousand-ton cargo ships were considered huge.

Turning his eyes away from the steel machinery full of industrial power, Nan Wang turned around and glanced at the cargo boxes piled up on the deck, then nodded slightly: "No hurry, my colleagues from Xiamen Station should be here soon."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

Before Nan Wang finished speaking, Han Liangkang, the head of the local snake Xiamen Station, had already stepped onto the trestle bridge with his men.

Among the various foreign stations under the jurisdiction of the General Intelligence Bureau, Xiamen Station is undoubtedly a small station.There are only a hundred people in the whole station, and the task of collecting intelligence is not heavy at ordinary times.

If Nanwang's class A station chief is at the level of a branch bureau chief, then the Xiamen station is equivalent to a class C police station.

The reason for this is determined by Xiamen's geographical location - Fuzhou is to the north and Guangzhou is to the south.The southern Fujian region, which is sandwiched between two political centers, has been a "low attention" region since ancient times, and its political status is not high.Even in the eyes of the people across the world, it is enough to develop a good business in southern Fujian.

Although the current business situation in Xiamen is good, commercial intelligence is a "sideline business" after all, which is a bit out of line with the main business of the intelligence station.The center of gravity of the General Intelligence Bureau in Fujian is still in Fuzhou, the provincial capital where political gentry gather.

"Hahaha, brother, brother is here to congratulate you!"

A long distance away, Han Liangkang, surrounded by several kerosene lamps, heard his voice early.

In terms of qualifications alone, Han Liangkang, a small businessman from Hangzhou, is on par with Nan Wang.Everyone is the "old minister of Qiandi" back then, and they are all veteran subordinates who followed through the crowd in Hangzhou in the early days.

But in terms of ability, Han Liangkang is far behind Nanwang.That is to say, he was loyal and honest, so Lao Han, who was much older than Nanwang, was finally arranged to Xiamen Station, which meant a little bit for the elderly.

However, Lao Han didn't dare to sell his old age in front of Nanwang today.Everyone knows that this is a popular figure, maybe he will be a big boss in the cloud in the future, so he must not be offended.

Seeing the slightly fatter old Han jumping onto the boat in one step, Nan Wang quickly stepped forward to hold Lao Han's hand: "My brother is in good health, how has he been? I haven't seen each other for more than two years now!"

"Yes, yes. The last time we met, you were passing by, and we had a quick meeting on the board of the boat."

Han Liangkang's face was full of emotion: "It's getting late today, brother, you must do my brother a face, let's catch up on the old days."

Nan Wang pondered for a moment before agreeing.Everyone is from the same hometown, and they take care of each other on weekdays. Besides, when the boat arrives in Xiamen, it is necessary to repair overnight.

So Nanwang immediately ordered Zhou Yi to accompany him, and he got off the boat with the others.

Stationmaster Han also only brought two young confidants with him, and led Nan Wang into the carriage, leaving most of the staff to work on the delivery of the goods on the board.

The next step is the common eating and drinking links with public funds.Although Station Master Han only manages a police station, this is a police station in the development zone.

After a group of five people talked, they arrived at the big car shop opened by Xiamen Station.After entering the store, they came to a secluded courtyard with ease, and then called a table of noodles from the restaurant across the street. Stationmaster Han and Stationmaster Nan began to drink and talk happily.

Stationmaster Han is an old man, and when the banquet started, he tried to urge him to drink, chatting and laughing with Nan Wang, and flattering his promising fellow countryman in both words and deeds, even Zhou Yi, who was eating vegetables with his head covered, was beaten by Lao Han. Praise a few words "young and promising".

Those who can be brought out by Nan Wang to socialize alone must also be confidantes, and Lao Han knows it in his heart.

The atmosphere during the banquet was very good, and Nan Wang and Lao Han also talked a few words about the past, which made Zhou Yi and the other young people listen with gusto.

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, everyone's faces were somewhat smelled of alcohol, and the topic became wider.

Old Han was probably in a good mood. After pouring himself two cups again, he was in high spirits. Regardless of Nan Wang's persuasion, he insisted on telling young people a few "archive" stories: in fact, they were some unknown great achievements of Nan Wang. .

This time, Zhou Yi became even more interested.

He had occasionally heard stories about Nan Wang at the General Administration before, and they were all rare, and Nan Wang never told him. Today was the first time he heard the original version.

According to what Lao Han said, only a few outstanding young people in the intelligence system have really received some internal "revolutionary history education".

Especially Zhou Yi, when he listened to the scene of "Nanda alone and drunk with gangsters", he was very surprised, and suddenly felt that the image of his boss had been raised out of thin air. tribute.

Let's talk about it like this, a table of wine is only considered closed if you drink it from midnight to late at night.

Nanwang and the two were arranged to rest in the small courtyard on the spot after drinking enough.As for the drinking programs in other shopping malls. Beigang is a large port town, and there are naturally all kinds of entertainment items.However, the family rules of the Intelligence Bureau are strict, and the two station managers are both old foxes, so they will definitely not give anyone a handle.

The next morning, after loading some local cargo from Xiamen Station, the Dongguangfu was about to set sail.

Nanwang, who had returned to the boat early in the morning, was saying goodbye to Han Yiyi, the station master who came to see him off.Not long after, Stationmaster Han and his party disembarked, handed over their hands, and bid farewell to the captain.

The next moment, the ship's cables were untied, and the Dongguangfu, which had already hoisted its sails, set off slowly, leaving the port and heading north.

But Zhou Yi, who had been standing behind Nanwang all the time, found that Nanwang seemed to be saying goodbye, but in fact his eyes were not on the trestle bridge, but looking at the stern of the ship: the direction of the Jiulong River.

At this moment, Zhou Yi understood Nan Wang's mood very well: the upper reaches of the Jiulong River was Longyan County, the place where Nan Wang fought, and there were his exploits and deep memories there.

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The Dongguangfu has passed the first stop Xiamen, and the second stop is naturally Fuzhou.The sea route of less than 300 kilometers is not too far away in the environment where there are lighthouses along the route.

Therefore, despite the unfavorable wind direction, on the fourth day after leaving Xiamen, the Dongguang Fu sailed into a remote wharf outside Fuzhou City.

There are also people waiting on the pier.

A middle-aged man who looked quite capable, took Cong people on board to approach him—this person was Huang Kuan, chief of the intelligence department of Fuzhou Station.

Nan Wang knew Huang Kuan.In fact, due to his seniority and his participation in the early construction of the intelligence system, there are very few middle-level cadres sent by the General Intelligence Bureau that Nan Wang does not know.

The two sides quickly connected, and then it was the set of procedures for handing over the goods.

After completing the formalities, Nan Wang ordered Zhou Yi to follow him into the carriage as usual, and entered Fuzhou Jinglou Gate without stopping all the way.

Pass through the Jinglou Gate, and the bustling Chuanhang Street is nearby.

Chuanxing Street, where the headquarters of the big shipping company is gathered, is the first high-end street that has been demolished and repaired.Nowadays, the streets are covered with expensive dragon dung fabrics, and the wide streets are lined with high-end Chinese-style facades.These facades are the head offices of major commercial and shipping companies in Fuzhou.

Almost at the end of the street, there is a row of seven front doors, and the plaque on it is "Haidong Commercial Bank".

This is the home of Fuzhou Station.

The carriage that arrived in front of Fuzhou Station went straight through a carved wrought iron gate and stopped at a wide freight yard.

Looking south after getting off the car, he immediately saw the middle-aged man in front of the car surrounded by his entourage.

"Master Nan, welcome to Fuzhou station as a guest."

The middle-aged man is well-proportioned and wears a well-fitting casual shirt and trousers.This person has short hair and a gentle smile on his face.While expressing welcome, he stretched out his arm and shook hands with Nan Wang naturally.

Although he has never seen this middle-aged man before, but Nan Wang, who has dealt too much with the time-traversing people, once he heard this standard mandarin, combined with that inexplicable posture, Nan Wang was sure of it. , this is "an overseas old brother who started with General Cao", Wen Guangjun, the station chief of Fuzhou Station.

It is different from Lao Han, the head of the Xiamen Police Station.Wen Guangjun, who is also the stationmaster of the Class A station, greeted Nanwang in front of his house. This courtesy is very standard, and it is not rude at all.

(End of this chapter)