Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1743 Military Parade
Boss Zhang of the Teahouse saw that the customers were "discussing the state system" and causing unwarranted disasters, so he hurriedly greeted: "Old customers, come out, this is Zhang's Walnut Cake. Australians are the most popular, but everyone come here." Give it a try." He said and asked the guy to bring out a plate of walnut crisps for everyone to try.

The walnut cakes in this Yujia shop are the same as most of the shops in Guangzhou. The Australians were closed for a day when they entered the city, and they opened again the next afternoon.

"There is nothing unusual about these walnut cakes." These are all old tea drinkers, and their mouths are extremely tricky.

"It doesn't matter whether it's surprising or not, the key is the Australian Jinkou Yufeng." Boss Zhang said, "That's it, if you don't have a reservation a few days in advance, it means you can't buy it."

"I know this old Zhang family's walnut pastry shop. It's a very small and old shop. It's the same as what it does—the walnut pastries sold in his shop are sometimes mixed with old goods from the next year. Even if Ping Chaju first used his family's business... I don't know why I fell into the eyes of the short-haired man."

"I heard that the son of shopkeeper Zhang's family went to the big world and became the younger brother of an Australian..."

Everyone showed a look of "sudden realization".Someone said: "Nowadays (now) as long as you get in touch with Australians, you can always get good things!"

"I see the emperor and the courtiers." (Once the emperor and the courtiers)

"As soon as I wake up, the world is changed." (When I wake up, the world is changed)

... Just as he was talking, there was another gong beating outside, this time thirteen times in a row, "Civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians, all big and small, get out of the way." , the army is passing through the city!"

Boss Wang closed his fan: "Okay, let's have a look."

People from the tea house rushed out, but they saw that there were already many people watching the excitement on both sides of the street.Standing along the white line are "official officers" who are now called "detective teams". One of them faces the street with a bamboo stick in his hand, yelling that no one should cross the line.

Waves of music came from far and near. This is the "March of the Grenadiers" played by snare drums and fifes that Guangzhou citizens have never heard before.

Accompanied by drumbeats, a group of flag bearers appeared on the street. The citizens of Guangzhou looked curiously at the blue Venus flag and the red Iron Fist gear flag, discussing what the patterns on them meant. Following the flag bearers of the South China Army Eagle Flag, they appeared At the gate of the Great South Gate, this speculation reached its peak.

Along with the eagle standard-bearers came the grenadier company of the South China Army, wearing the uniform of the big red grenadiers, the black "bishop's hat" decorated with gold sash and shiny brass nameplate; the white canvas Leather bullet boxes, canvas grenade bags, and bayonet sheaths were hung on the armed belts. Their tall statures and "bishop's hats" made them all look like giants.

They were only the advance of a dreadful military demonstration, followed by a procession almost unbelievable in strength and majesty.The procession began to pass at seven o'clock. Groups of battle infantry wearing copper basin helmets and blue-gray military uniforms were neatly groomed, clean-shaven, shiny boots, bayonets Glittering in the sun, the four rows of tandems are serious and tight, showing a strict military appearance.Then came the light infantry, also in blue-gray military uniform, carrying Hall rifles shining with dark blue light on their backs.Their safari caps have straps that attach to camouflage loops.Behind the light infantry is a mountain company, all Li and Miao soldiers recruited from the mountains of Hainan Island.A machete is hung on the waist, and a Nanyang-style rifle and a crossbow are carried on the back.

"... Be good, the pirates are here!" Suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd.

The Japanese infantry of the sword-drawing team wears a uniform coat, wears a hat and double knives at the waist, and carries a Nanyang-style rifle on their shoulders. Behind is the North Korean white horse team wearing white clothes and black hats.At the back are combat engineers, with coarse canvas waistcoats and vests over their military uniforms, long-handled engineer axes on their shoulders, tool bags on their waists and hips, and double-barreled shotguns/bullets/guns on their backs. They are all stout and powerful.

It dazzled the onlookers.They are used to the cumbersome and dilapidated royal officers and soldiers, gray and red "walking robes", "horns", rusty armor and messy weapons. Where have they seen such a new army that is neatly dressed, walks in unison, and is full of energy? , couldn't help cheering secretly: No wonder the Australians are invincible, where is there such a top-ranking army in the world?
The drums were rumbling, and the queue marched along Chengxuan Avenue, with the sound of uniform footsteps, as if everything on the journey would be trampled to pieces.

The soldiers sang the "March of the Grenadiers", advancing and advancing, team after team, more and more.The crowd watching the march was silent, and they couldn't help being stunned at the mighty, endless, and excellent quality of this team.

What surprised the crowd the most was the convoy - the people of Guangzhou rarely saw horses, let alone so many horses in the queue.

A six-horse-drawn gun carriage with a front cart, a two-wheeled kitchen cart drawn by four horses, a two-wheeled and four-wheeled baggage cart, and a two-wheeled/four-wheeled carriage for officers... The wheels rolled forward on the stone road , sound like thunder.

Most of the huge convoys were there for show. They passed through the city, and soon unloaded their equipment on the newly built wharf of the Joint Logistics Department by the river, and loaded them onto ships—ships are the most important traffic on the marching route. tool.

The marching queue of the South China Army walked hour after hour, all morning, until nearly eleven o'clock, when the last baggage truck left Chengxuan Avenue under the escort of the guards.With the sound of the whistle, the "detective team" maintaining order on the street withdrew their posts, and the people also dispersed.

Boss Wang and Fa Wen Niu stood for half a day, digesting the raw porridge with barbecued pork buns, and now their stomachs were empty, and they went back to the teahouse to continue "drinking tea" without doing anything.

"I have heard for a long time that the Australians are strong and strong. It is better to meet them than to be famous! Boss Xiao Li asked Dr. Cha to make a new pot of Pu'er and praised.

The plague cow said: "It's nothing, the Australians haven't got all their belongings out yet. Let's talk about those steamer gunboats that can't go ashore. One of them is as big as a mountain! The ratio of the mast to the ship is the highest. The tree is taller!"

"Australians have strong boats and guns. It has been spread for a long time, but I didn't expect their land division to be so strong. They are really top-notch soldiers!" Boss Xiao Li sighed. It is not an opponent!"

"If the officers and soldiers were opponents, how could the entire army be wiped out in Chengmai..." Fat Boy Shu said, "At that time, there were not many Australians."

"I think our Guangdong is about to become the territory of the 'Australia' Song Dynasty."

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Everyone talked for another half an hour, and finally dispersed.Waving a white paper fan, the fat man strolled for several blocks, and entered a small store labeled "North and South Groceries".The guy greeted him enthusiastically. "The boss is back."

"Yeah." The fat man sat on the counter and lit a cigarette. "What happened today?" (Is what happened today)
"It's the sigh of the old place" (in the old place)
The fat man opened the fourth drawer under the counter and took out a letter without signature or signature.After opening the letter, he counted the number, nodded in satisfaction, and then put the five circulation coupons in the letter into his arms.

After the demolition of Chengxuan Avenue and the "military parade" were over, Liu Xiang suddenly felt that the work in his hands was much easier.There are countless famous stickers piled up on his desk, all of which were requested by the rich and powerful households in the city, and some who felt that they were not qualified to ask for an interview also sent a full copy of the stickers with generous gifts to show their solemnity.

The gifts sent from the corridor of the central courtyard of the former Guangzhou government office ranged from bundles of silk and satin, white rice noodles, to small snacks and fruit buns, Wenwan calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and jade... and sealed silver, They are all guarded by special personnel from the Planning Institute, and they are stacked all over the corridor, just like the scene of a department store that is about to be shipped.Liu Xiang asked people from the Planning Institute to register and put it in the warehouse.Some things are allocated on the account and allocated to the Guangzhou Municipal Government-he really needs these things now.

The key, however, is who you see and who you don't see.Liu Xiang is so busy now that he can't wait to have a clone technique, so naturally he won't meet him right away.He then asked Zhang Yunmi to sort out the posts he sent, and divided them into four categories: "See you soon", "See you soon", "Visible" and "Not seen".As for the basis, it is the "guest book" handed over by Guangzhou station.This above lists in detail the specific situation, closeness relationship, depth of cooperation and contribution to Guangzhou Station of the big gentry who communicate with Ziji Enterprise on weekdays.Also used as reference materials are some background materials on some of the big gentry families in Guangzhou provided by Lin Baiguang.

"Xiao Zhang, you can organize and classify the posts according to these materials. The replies will be written by a special person, so you don't have to worry about it. If you don't understand anything, ask Zheng Ah... sister."

"Okay..." Zhang Yunmi said it was good, but actually looked at the pile of full red posts and accompanying gift lists on the table, and gasped decisively, how much is this!Moreover, she had a hard time reading traditional characters and ancient Chinese in Fangcaodi, especially the traditional characters of the 17th century made her even more confused.

Liu Xiang could have entrusted Lu Yizhong to do this matter, but he suspected that Lu Yizhong would have a personal purpose in the classification, so he did not dare to fully trust him at this critical point, and it would be more at ease to leave it to his own people.

After Liu Xiang took care of Xiao Zhang's new work, he turned around and started to pay attention to the work of checking the household registration.

The household registration check is more difficult than imagined. Not only does Daming have no house number, but there is no perfect street naming system, and the main streets and alleys are fine.There are many unnamed back streets and alleys. Although there are licensees and yamen servants who are familiar with the local conditions to lead the way, there are still many difficulties in registering.Liu Xiang had no choice but to also work as a "place name committee".

(End of this chapter)