Three hundred and fourteenth festival mountain goods
Lin Ming sent the boy away, closed the door, and then breathed a sigh of relief.&{}..{}A rare sense of relaxation enveloped his heart - ever since he set off from Foshan and joined the merchant ship, he had not really
I lived alone, living under a careful disguise all day long.
Although this room was small and crude, it was a small and unified world where he could temporarily remove his disguise behind closed doors.
To be cautious, he first checked the room. There were many illegal shops in ancient times, and there were even illegal shops on thoroughfares. It was a real thing that tourists who shopped for money or even killed themselves and even killed them to make human meat buns -
Lin Ming himself had handled such a case, and he was a frequent traveler, so he naturally had to pay a lot of attention to hotel safety.
Although this guesthouse is run by thieves, it is not a black shop, but it is also a tiger's den. You have to be extremely careful.
Lin Ming checked under the bed and in the cupboard one by one, and carefully checked the door and windows to make sure there were no peepholes or hidden latches, and then he packed up the things under the package.
In fact, there isn’t much in the bag, just a few sets of clothes and two pairs of shoes - I brought them from Foshan. I don’t wear shoes on the boat, so they are basically useless. And there is an ink cartridge. In order to hide my identity conveniently,
Lin Ming tried to bring as few items as possible that might reveal his identity, not even the dagger he never left his body with him.
He carried very little money with him, and after landing ashore, most of it was exchanged for currency notes, leaving only a few silver coins to carry with him for use in emergencies.
After packing up, Lin Ming went to the first floor to take a shower, put on clean clothes, and prepared to board the "Haixing" to "see work" - based on his impressions along the way, he already knew how much the thieves treated "refugees".
The control is extremely strict. As he walked from Bopu, there was not a single beggar or busker on the street, which proved this point. Moreover, he also heard that people who did not have ID cards and employment certificates were often "caught".
If you are caught, you will be sent to work in a quarry or sand quarry for several months. If you do not have a stable job, you will take great risks in Lingao.
The employment contract contained the detailed address of the shop. The roads in Dongmen City were neat and there were many road signs for guidance. Lin Ming found a map in the hotel and looked at it several times, and soon found the location of the Haixing.
The facade of Haixing Hao is not big, just one room, but the signboard is quite big. There are large gold characters on it, which does not match the facade, and looks a bit like a child wearing an adult's hat.
Shops in Lingao are not allowed to display pretense - so as not to affect traffic. Therefore, Lin Ming couldn't tell what kind of business was done here for a while. When he walked in, he realized that this place was selling local products. There were various local products hanging on the counter.
purchase price.
The clerk came up to greet him, and he quickly explained that he was here to see a job. Then he was taken to the accounting room at the back - only then did he realize that the shops in Dongmen City have narrow facades and deep interiors. The shopkeeper is a Cantonese who speaks well.
Cantonese Mandarin. The two of them felt very close as soon as they spoke.
Lin Ming had quite a good understanding of merchants when he was in Guangzhou. One look at the decoration of the shop and the conversation of the shopkeeper revealed that Haixinghao's store business was just a facade, and was actually a merchant doing wholesale business.
The owner of this shop should have a deep relationship with Kunthi and Ming Dynasty.
"Since you are a fellow villager and you come here to make a living, of course I have to take care of you." The shopkeeper reported his family name as Qian. Since he was young, he had been entrusted by his boss to sell mountain goods and native products to the people in Hainan. He was considered a "Qiongzhou expert".
"Since you are good at writing, just work as a copywriter in my accounting office."
"Thank you, shopkeeper Qian!"
"You're welcome. I see how you look, Zhou Zheng. I guess you were a scholar in the past, so there is a reason why you ended up like this. But here in Australia, people don't ask about the past, don't talk about past events, you just have to do a good job and hang out.
It’s not difficult to live with enough food and clothing.”
"Yes, it's all cultivated by shopkeeper Qian."
"Australians have strict laws and polices here. People who have committed crimes can't escape from their grasp. You should behave yourself on weekdays and don't violate their laws, otherwise even gods can't save you."
"Yes, I understand, little one."
"Do you have a place to go now?"
“The younger one is staying at Weimin Hotel.”
"The place is crowded, so you can move here after you sign the contract. We still have a few vacant houses here. It will save you some rent money."
Lin Ming promised repeatedly, and shopkeeper Qian stamped the contract document, handed him a copy, and asked him to return it to the agency as soon as possible. He also wrote on his employment certificate that he was hired on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, and a certain date.
Stamped it. After finishing, I called a guy:
"Take this Mr. Lin and go to the police station to register for residence."
Household checking was also a system in the Ming Dynasty's Baojia system, so Lin Ming was naturally familiar with it. He immediately followed the clerk out.
The guy who led him there was very young. He looked like he was only sixteen or seventeen years old. His face was sallow and thin, and he seemed to be recovering from a long illness. Lin Ming knew that this was his future "colleague". In order to facilitate his future work, he naturally had to take good care of himself.
After trying to win over each other, I immediately found a way to start a conversation with him.
However, the other party couldn't understand his Cantonese Mandarin at all, so Lin Ming had no choice but to speak Mandarin, but the other party understood him.
He was probably bored in the shop all day long, but the young man was very talkative. Soon Lin Ming found out that his name was Wang Xinglong. He had just arrived at Haixing as a waiter last year.
"Brother Wang can speak Mandarin, so he's not from Cantonese."
Wang Xinglong's face suddenly darkened: "To be honest, I am from Laizhou Prefecture, Shandong Province."
"Laizhou?" Lin Ming originally only knew that there was a place called Shandong in the world province. As for Laizhou, he had no idea at all. But when the news of the Denglai Rebellion came more than two years ago, the place name Laizhou was deeply imprinted on his mind.
in my mind.
"that is not……"
"It's exactly the place where the war broke out two years ago." Wang Xinglong took a deep breath, "It's so tragic!"
"I'm reporting in the Di newspaper..." Lin Ming realized that what he said was inappropriate. No one in the city was looking at that stuff, so he quickly changed his words, "I heard that there was a lot of news in the Di newspaper. The rebellion was so big that almost
The whole province of Shandong was poisoned, but fortunately Sun Yuanhua, the former governor of Denglai, led the Jin gentry to defend Laizhou..."
"Master Sun, without the Australians, Laizhou would have been finished." Wang Xinglong curled his lips.
These words immediately aroused Lin Ming's interest. Sun Yuanhua began to defend Laizhou, and later assisted in suppressing the rebellion, which was a great contribution. It is said that there were people in his court who helped with activities, so although the rebellion occurred during his tenure, the subsequent punishment was very light.
, he was only dismissed from his post. And he still stayed in Dengzhou to "assist in Liaodong military affairs."
Unexpectedly, this mutiny also involved Sun Yuanhua! Jin Yiwei's political sense made his whole body immediately excited. He said deliberately:
"This place is thousands of miles away from Dengzhou and Laizhou. How can the Australians help Mr. Sun? Besides, Mr. Sun is an official of the imperial court, how can he have secret connections with the Australians? This... this... is incredible..."
"You don't know something about this." Wang Xinglong was young after all, so he didn't know that this gentle "copywriter" was a guard in uniform. He spoke unabashedly, "The Australians set up a village on a desert island off the coast of Laizhou to accommodate insurgent soldiers.
The victims of the disaster were attacked by the rebels who besieged Laizhou, but they were beaten to pieces by the Australians. Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, and many brave generals were killed. Even the cannons obtained from Dengzhou were confiscated by the Australians - if it hadn't been for this
How can Laizhou defend itself in a great battle?"
Lin Ming nodded: "I see." He was slightly disappointed: he originally thought that he could get important information about the secret collusion between Sun Yuanhua and Kun Thief from this young guy, but he didn't expect it to be anything more than this.
However, this news is still very shocking. It turns out that the thief's tentacles are far more than just in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian! Denglai is not a wealthy place, but the thief actually extended his hand there, and even set up a village to recruit exiles - his heart
Punishable!
As the governor of Denglai, Sun Yuanhua could not have been unaware of their establishment of a stronghold. Moreover, when the rebels were besieging Laizhou, they actually divided their forces to attack the Kun thief's stronghold... Even if there was no collusion between the two parties, there was some kind of tacit understanding. Think of Sun Yuanhua again.
He was able to slide over - Lin Ming felt a chill running down his back. Could it be that the thief Kun's hand had already reached the capital and reached into the court?!
"Fortunately, the Australians set up this village, and many people in Shandong were able to survive!" Wang Xinglong sighed, "Although they have to leave their hometown, it is still better than filling in the ditch!"
"Oh? Doesn't that mean there are many common people in Denglai here?" Lin Ming asked.
"At least there are more than 100,000 people. They all arrived in big Australian ships one by one. There was a sea of people on the pier..."
More than 100,000! This number shocked Lin Ming again. What did the Australians do with more than 100,000 Shandong people at once?
During the conversation, Lin Ming learned that Wang Xinglong was only eighteen years old this year. He was originally a middle-level merchant in Laizhou Prefecture. He had read books and studied Chinese literature. He was among the best in every county boy examination and was a popular candidate for scholarship. His family was quite poor.
However, the Denglai mutiny turned all of this into ashes. Although the city of Laizhou was not destroyed, most of his family's shops and properties were outside the city. In the fierce offensive and defensive battles, all the family property was wiped out. His parents and family members died, and they were scattered.
After being separated, he was left alone to escape with his cousin.
He didn't come to Lingao by boat, but fled all the way west from Laizhou to Jinan Prefecture. There was a relative of his father in Jinan who was also a business partner. Unexpectedly, this relative saw that his whole family had been ruined, and he was very worried about it. He ignored it.
Seeing that his relatives were unreliable, Wang Xinglong thought of several businessmen he had contacted who had been to Lingao. He had heard that he was very interested in "Australian miscellaneous studies" and "Australian goods", so he once suggested that he go to Lingao to have a look.
Since the Australians have set up a stronghold in Longkou to accommodate the refugees heading south, they are obviously in urgent need of people. Now that they are broke, they will only die of cold and starvation in the Ming Dynasty, so they might as well just go south to find Kun. I heard that Lingao is a peaceful place and it is easy to do business. Well, you can always support yourself and your cousin by working as a waiter for others. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!