Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2073 Deputy Mayor Lin Ming

Xi Yazhou nodded, the mayor was actually on the passenger car.But he deliberately didn't say it.Hearing that Cao Qing had a Shandong accent, he asked again, "Are you from Shandong?"

"Yes!" Cao Qing probably didn't expect such a high-ranking officer to ask about his own situation—if he was in Daming, the chief in front of him was at least a general soldier, "Little one... I was originally in Dengzhou Town of Ming Dynasty. As a soldier, he voted for Song Dynasty the year before last."

"That's right, I became a second lieutenant in just over a year." Xi Yazhou knew that to be a squadron leader of the National Army in Foshan, he must also be a top player in military training.

"It's all cultivated by the chief!" Cao Qing stood at attention.

Cao Qing followed Huang Ande to Lingao, and entered the factory after he came out of the purification camp. He has no skills, and he is not a person who does not like to learn. Work as a laborer in the factory.

His son from a military family was used to serving as a soldier, so he was not used to working as a worker, so he joined the army as a soldier. Sergeant training class, became a corporal.

Later, he was transferred to the National Army during the expansion of the National Army. After the assault training, he was awarded the rank of second lieutenant of the National Army with the rank of corporal in the regular army, and became the squadron leader of the Foshan Squadron.

"How's the security situation here?" Xi Yazhou asked seemingly casually.

This faintly has the meaning of examining his ability.Since the mayor hasn't arrived yet, he, the squadron leader of the National Army, is the number one leader in Foshan.

At present, neither Guangzhou City nor the counties and towns below have established political organs. As a garrison, the National Army Squadron is responsible for the multiple tasks of the government, police and garrison, and has considerable requirements for the ability of the chief officer.

Foshan is not a small place, but a planned logistics base. He cannot allow a person with insufficient ability to command the garrison.

"Let's just say that the wharf and the town are relatively quiet. You can't do it outside the town." Cao Qing shook his head, "Our army just arrived, and the people around us are not stable. Many local gangsters in the countryside took the opportunity to come out to rob. There were still people a few days ago Robbery of ships by the pier. The common people are very afraid, and the shopkeepers only open their doors for one or two hours in the middle of the day."

"Are the workshops everywhere still open?" This is what Xi Yazhou cares most about.

"Report to Comrade Commander: The stove for smelting copper and iron has not been turned off, but it has not been turned on for many days." Cao Qing said that the workshop owners are hiding at home now and do not go out easily, lest they be caught by the "Da Tian Er" of the four townships. "They kidnap tickets.Craftsmen struggled to make ends meet because they had nothing to do.Nowadays, various big households raise funds to buy food and supply unemployed craftsmen on a daily basis, so there is no riot.

Xi Yazhou asked him a few more questions about the basic situation of the local area and the fortification of the National Army in the local area. He was quite satisfied with what he said in an orderly manner.

"Unexpectedly, you are a native of Shandong, and you are quite clear about the local situation."

"Reporting to Comrade Commander, there is a local Comrade Lin who is now serving as the town liaison officer. He has helped me a lot in my work here."

"Oh? Comrade Lin?" Xi Yazhou thought to himself as a "leading party".We will never casually add a "leading party" to this title that symbolizes "one of our own".

Could it be the "underground party"?Xi Yazhou doesn't know much about the work of the Foreign Intelligence Service, but he knows that they have an extensive intelligence network in Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta region.

"You take me to meet him."

"He's in our command post, I'll take you there right now."

Xi Yazhou looked at the defense facilities here. Although Foshan Town is prosperous in business, it has no city walls, only a wooden fence around it, and the town is surrounded by rivers. If there is no chaos, this defense is enough.

The place where the Octopus berthed was the pier by the Fen River in the north of the town.Originally, the first area to develop in Foshan was Zhaxia in the south. However, after the Ming Dynasty, the river channel flowing through Zhaxia became narrower and shallower, and Datang Chung even became land. Commercial activities were affected, and shops were gradually separated from workshops. , and gradually developed to the north.In the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, houses and shops were built along the Fenjiang River and on the sandbars, which were still "seaside" open land, and the commercial area was completely moved to the north.By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the northern Fenjiang River and its surrounding areas had become the most prosperous commercial area in Foshan, with rows of piers and shops.Although the street was deserted at this time, the common people didn't seem panicked, instead they stretched their necks one by one to watch the excitement.

After entering the town, the Huguang Guild Hall is not far away.The National Army Command is located here.Xi Yazhou saw that the entrance was heavily guarded, and the arrangement inside was well-organized. He couldn't help being secretly surprised. He didn't expect a mere naturalized corporal to have such a skill.It is really a talent for him to be the squadron leader of the national army.

The hall has been changed to the headquarters, and a large-scale map of Foshan hangs in it.Xi Yazhou sat down casually, and after a while, he saw a man in his 30s, dressed in Ming Dynasty clothes, come in, and bowed respectfully to him:

"Humble rank Lin Ming, please refer to the Commander..."

This nondescript address made Xi Yazhou laugh out loud, stood up and stretched out his hand, and said, "You are the liaison officer? Second Lieutenant Cao thinks highly of you!"

"Serve the Senate and the people!" Lin Ming knew that this was a "handshake gift" from the Australians, so he quickly reached out to shake hands, and even fluently said a slogan.

Lin Ming has continued to do intelligence gathering work in Foshan since he accompanied Thorpe to the Xijiang area to investigate. The task given to him by the Foreign Intelligence Bureau is to collect local people's sentiments and social conditions.From the instruction text sent by the "Centre", Lin Ming was more or less aware of the importance attached to Foshan by the Senate -- but this was not too surprising, as Foshan was one of the "Four Great Settlements in the World" that could be compared with major cities at that time. One, and the Senate's attempt to Guangdong is no secret to him.

He was busy working for the Senate.One day in March, he received a new instruction from the traffic officer as usual, but it was "the army landed and prepared to meet."According to the order, Lin Ming changed from underground to above ground, as the deputy mayor of Foshan Town, and officially worked for the Senate.However, before the establishment of the organization, he first publicized his activities as a liaison officer of Foshan Town, and it is difficult to accept that he will not shave his head for the time being.

This place is only more than fifty miles away from Guangzhou, so on the first day of landing, the advance detachment of the Fubo Army had already arrived at Foshan Fort by boat.

There is no Ming army garrison here, although the town and the four townships have village brave regiments.However, the rural courage group is trained to "protect the family", and the Australians have fought without any crime. Naturally, the powerful and powerful families who actually master the rural courage will not come out to "protect the country".After a brief negotiation between the two sides, Foshan Fort opened the gate and surrendered.Lin Ming, a former member of Jinyiwei, became the "Deputy Mayor" in a sudden transformation.

"Since you are a local native and a cadre appointed by us, please lead the way and look around, and then introduce the local situation."

"Yes, yes, I am willing to serve you!" Lin Ming hurriedly replied.

The first place he led the way was naturally the Lingying Temple, which is what the locals call the Ancestral Temple and Ancestral Hall.It is impossible to know when the ancestral temple was built, but it is generally believed that it was built during the Northern Song Dynasty.At that time, the people of the Central Plains moved south to Guangdong and settled here.A settlement was formed.

"This temple was rebuilt in the fifth year of Hongwu, and it was rebuilt during that period." Lin Ming said, "The Northern God is enshrined in the temple, which is the northern water god. Therefore, there are old legends that there were many floods in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the locals would Invite the Northern Emperor to sit in Chancheng. Since then, there have been no floods in this area. Everyone comes to the ancestral temple to worship, and hope that the weather will be good, the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe."

Although Lin Ming's ancestors were not natives of "Foshan Fort Batuli", he had moved here for a hundred years, and he had a lot of affection for this temple, which was regarded as the root of Foshan.So from the beginning, we tried our best to prevent the National Army Squadron from occupying this place as the team headquarters.

In front of the gate of the ancestral temple is the famous Lingying Memorial Archway, with three floors and three floors, majestic and majestic.In the middle of the top floor of the front, there is a two-character plaque with the vertical script "imperial decree".The horizontal script on the lower level: the words "Sanctuary" and "Spiritual Response".On the back, there is a two-character plaque with the word "Yuji" written vertically on the top floor.The vermilion wooden structure reflects the gold-plated characters.With the green glazed tile top cover, the whole archway looks brilliant.It's awe-inspiring and extremely solidly constructed.This is the first time Xi Yazhou has seen such an archway building in Hainan and Guangdong.

Lin Ming said that this archway was built during the Jingtai period, because Emperor Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty bestowed the ancestral temple as the Lingying Temple.Therefore, the construction of the archway is very particular.

In front of the archway is a pool named Jinxiang Pond, in which there is a stone turtle and snake statue symbolizing the Northern Emperor.Xi Yazhou saw some copper coins scattered on the stone carvings, and there seemed to be some at the bottom of the pool. Obviously, the custom of tossing coins has been around for a long time.

However, it can also be seen from this that the local area is rich and peaceful, so that it is possible to have such a leisurely mood that can only be found during the Taiping Festival.

After the archway, there are three gates, and the architecture is very elegant.Nine bays wide, with a tile ridge of pottery figures more than 1 meter high and 30 meters long at the top, gilded wood carvings under the eaves, red sandstone walls in the middle and three round arches with a depth of one meter. The stone masonry is upgraded, and the whole building is magnificent and majestic.

When Miao Zhu heard that the Australian official was coming, he rushed out to greet him, invited him to offer incense in the hall, and then went to the clean room to sit and "serve tea".

"I accept it, but I'm on business, so I don't want to disturb you." Xi Yazhou was very polite.

Coming out of the temple, after walking not far, I saw another wooden and stone archway on the street. Although it is not as grand as the Lingying archway, it also has a vertical plaque with "imperial decree" and three large characters "Loyalty Township" written horizontally on the lower floor.Lin Ming said that this was the orthodox year, when the pirate Huang Xiaoyang gathered tens of thousands of people to attack Foshan Fort.At that time, the big gentry in Foshan summoned the brave men of the village and set up fences to fight against the imperial title obtained by Huang Xiaoyang after his victory.

　PS: Section 259 of Volume [-] - Guangzhou Governance will be updated tomorrow

　　
　
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