Representatives like Fu Fuji came to Dongmen City in a few days. Some of them were coming to the area controlled by the group for the first time, and some were regulars here. No matter what kind of people they were, they were traveling through the areas controlled by the group.
The safety, cleanliness and convenience of life left a deep impression on them. For many people, the county seat is the most prosperous place they have ever been, but the prosperity of Dongmen City is on another level entirely.
Yes, even those who have traveled far and visited Guangzhou, the first commercial port in South China, can see that the level of detail in Dongmen City far exceeds that of Guangzhou.
The consumption of the delegates in Dongmen City greatly stimulated consumption. Although each delegate received a meal ticket, their entourage was not provided with food, and many delegates also wanted to try Kunren's food, especially in the business hall.
The scrambled eggs with tomatoes in the restaurant are sweet and sour, appetizing and go well with rice. There are also green tender pods - called snow peas according to the waiter, which are sweet and tender when fried. There are flower-like vegetables, some white,
There are also green ones, white ones that are hard and crispy, and green ones that are rotten and soft. They all taste different.
The chefs in the merchant houses and restaurants were selected from several chefs who worked for the Gou family. Although the cooking habits and techniques in the Ming Dynasty were not the same as those in modern times, professionals were professionals. After being trained by several "gourmets", they were very good at cooking.
Soon they were much better than the guest chefs in the cafeteria. They were hired as soon as the restaurant opened. The county meeting was a good opportunity to advertise the restaurant.
Some gentry who value enjoyment simply gave their meal tickets to their entourage and left their money to hire the restaurant themselves. The sales of scrambled eggs with tomatoes soared, so much so that even traveling through the eggs in the canteen became tense.
Get up - the tomato scrambled eggs in the canteen have been changed to tomato and egg drop soup, and everyone is very upset about this.
The one who had no objection was Wu Nanhai. It was his idea to supply all kinds of new varieties of vegetables to the conference delegates. Compared with higher-yielding food crops, farmers in the past had little incentive to grow new varieties of vegetables - anyway, green vegetables and cabbage can also be eaten.
There is no need to serve more than one kind. Vegetables with a wide variety of colors are the needs of the leisure class. In order for farmers to grow them, they must first impress the stomach of the wealthy and leisure class and let them generate demand.
The conference committee intended to let this group of representatives eat, drink, have fun and enjoy the sightseeing in Dongmen City, so that they could fully experience the bluer sky, greener water, and better food in the traverser-dominated area. This was the start of the plenary meeting.
The county-wide team training and joint defense conference, or as it was later called in history books: the first Lingao Political Consultative Conference was finally officially held on February 2, the day when the dragon raised its head.
Early in the morning, a dedicated receptionist came to the hotel to welcome the delegates into the city. The meeting venue was an open-air cinema in Bairen City. The facilities of this cinema were quite complete, especially the sound amplification equipment had been installed. The meeting was very convenient.
convenient.
The representatives all put on their best clothes. When they came out, they saw that the receptionists were all young men and women. The boys were wearing almost black navy blue short coats with two open pockets and a stand-up collar. The clothes did not have a left lapel.
, it is not the right lapel, but the center open lapel, with a row of straight black round wooden buttons, and the collar is tightly buttoned. With short hair, it looks clean and neat. Girls are similar in navy blue.
The top is a pullover style, with a handkerchief-like interlining on the back shoulder, and the lower body is a blue pleated long skirt. It is simple and beautiful. Only the hair is a little trembling - it can be seen that they have been shaved not long ago,
The hair is still just a short stubble.
The reception staff are all students from Lingao National School. These children who were first bought from Guangzhou have received more than two months of education, learned culture, and been repeatedly brainwashed. They are relatively reliable personnel. Let them receive them.
It is equivalent to exercising the ability to deal with others - after all, they will be the main source of cadres who cross the regime in the future.
Originally Xiao Zishan considered the issue of male and female defense and wanted to send only boys. Later, Du Wen made a fuss and said that this was discrimination against women. In addition, Yu Eshui also said that the so-called male and female defense was never possible in the countryside.
, especially in rural areas in the south. Women are the main force in agricultural production, so ordinary rural women never bind their feet, and it is very common for them to appear in public. If there are women among the receptionists, most of them think that these are maids bribed by short-haired people.
"Please wear your representative ID card, thank you." Li Yuanyuan held an electric horn and held a small pennant in his hand, and kept shouting, like a tour guide, "Please pay attention to order and do not jump in the queue at will. Followers are not allowed to enter the venue.
, leave the entourage in the market, we have someone dedicated to entertain you."
The purpose of letting Li Yuanyuan play this role is to make the representatives aware of the status of women in time travel and to be psychologically prepared for some measures to improve women's rights in the future. Although there are no feminists in the executive committee except Du Wen, there is no support for the protection of women.
I have no interest in women's rights either, but in this time and space, liberating women means liberating productivity, and everyone still understands this.
The representatives gathered together according to each city and map, and sent several students to each map to lead the way. The leading student also held a small flag with the words Lingao x city x map written on it. In order to take care of the illiterate representatives
, different animal and plant patterns were also painted on the small flag for them to identify.
Every time a team is lined up, the students will lead the way into the city. Although Dongmen City is very lively every day, and there are many indigenous people walking back and forth on the highway, the interior of Bairen City has always been heavily guarded. Although the earthen fortress is not high, it is high above
There are many watchtowers and forts, and there are many barbed wire fences. The trenches outside are several meters deep. Even the police and New Army soldiers trained by the crossing regime rarely have the opportunity to enter this restricted area. Regarding what it is like inside,
There are many legends in the county, some are said to be like fairyland, and some are said to be like Abi Hell. There are different opinions, so the representatives have a strong curiosity about the interior of Bairen City. Now that they have the opportunity to see it, everyone can’t wait to see it.
Feel.
When I entered the city, I saw that it was indeed different from the outside. The streets were paved with bricks and stones just like Dongmen City. There were trees on both sides, and wooden poles painted black lined the roadside.
, there is something like a white hat on it, and under the hat is a glass ball. I don’t know what it is used for. The houses here are different from the ones outside. The ones outside are either red bricks or blue bricks, but the ones inside are all blue and white.
The alternating houses were square and extremely regular. The representatives suddenly discovered that the walls and roofs of these houses were actually made of iron!
This discovery was a sensation. Although iron is not a valuable object, it is definitely a rarity in Lingao. The iron products here are completely imported from the mainland. There is only a blacksmith in the county town who can repair farm tools and do some daily work.
The iron tools used were not able to break larger things, such as farm tools. Not only did this group of overseas visitors ride in large iron ships, but their houses were also made of iron! This alone is enough to make people feel awe.
"It's glass!" One representative suddenly shouted in surprise.
It's not white window paper, nor the mica sheets used in wealthy people's homes, but large blocks of glass, shining brightly on the houses, reflecting the high sunshine in winter, and there is a low feeling among the representatives of the crowd.
Yes, but there was a sigh of great surprise.
Huang Huangkun followed the team and walked inside, and couldn't help but secretly admire it - no wonder the entire county's strength assembled by his father and Mr. Wu couldn't break this village. The amount of iron in it alone was enough to scare people to death. Huang
Chun Kun did not participate in the attack on Bairen Dazhai at that time. After his father Huang Shoutong came back, he kept silent about the scene of the battle. However, he still knew from the mouths of the village warriors who came back from a narrow escape that the opponent's firearms were extremely sharp and they could not even hit anyone on their own side.
However, in the past, he felt that the village heroes were exaggerating, but now it seems that he still underestimated this group of "thieves."
Thinking of how he and his eldest brother had originally advocated ignoring the meeting - forgetting the third brother's revenge and flattering them? Thinking of the third brother who was killed by the thief, Huang Henkun still felt resentful in his heart.
He was reluctant, but his father insisted that he go. It seemed that the person who knew the strength of the "Kun Thief" best was his father.
Now we can only surrender to the false snake, take the opportunity to find out the true identity of the thieves, and wait for the day when the heavenly soldiers of the imperial court come to destroy them, and then take revenge.
With this idea in mind, he looked at it more carefully than others. He saw that the houses in this city seemed to be piled here and there, but if he looked carefully, he found that the layout of the houses had a certain order, and there were few independent houses.
The houses are all arranged in groups, and the gaps between the houses are either closed with bricks or stones, or additional walls and iron mesh walls unique to the thieves are built around the groups. High and thick bosses are built at the four corners for defense, and each group is surrounded by walls.
There is only one entrance and exit, and there is a small but solid watchtower at the door, which can be regarded as heavily guarded. There are roads connecting the groups, various lookout towers, and gun towers scattered at different heights. Not to mention firearms, even bows and arrows can be blocked.
Very strict.
Although Huang Hongkun is a scholar, he has the influence of his father and his practical experience in guarding bandits, and he has a good understanding of military affairs. The Kun bandits are so tightly guarded that the official army may not be able to defeat them without five or six thousand people and Hongyi cannons.
Huang Hankun's mood dropped a lot when he came in.
Huang Shoutong's instructions to his son were very simple. Now the entire county does not have the strength to fight against them. Resistance will never bring good results.
"The thieves are playing a game of chess at Lingao." Huang Shoutong said during the interview before he set off. "My father can't see how big the chess game is now. But they are just like the layout of the national players, forcing them one by one."
Come up. Our small Huangjiazhai cannot resist them. The only way is to 'drag'!
"Everyone knows that Sima Zhao is a traitor to Sima Zhao, but the big gentry still have the idea of 'using thieves to control thieves'," Huang Shoutong said. "Now that the thieves have taken over the county, they will naturally not be allowed to come."
Therefore, all efforts must be made to exterminate the bandits and resist the pirates. This county suffers from banditry, and most of the gentry and wealthy families are short-sighted, so it is difficult not to be tempted."
"The general trend is that we cannot go against the trend. Fortunately, there are 200 to 300 villages in this county, and at least 300 people went to the meeting. Distributing food and missions involves so many things that even officials find it difficult, not to mention
How many of them overseas thieves? As long as you mention the big business in small and trivial matters, some people will naturally come forward to object. The more things are discussed, the more they are discussed and the more complicated they become."
Huang Hankun thought that his father's word "drag" was definitely not bad, but how should he go about it? He pondered, and suddenly two more sedans came from behind, one was an official sedan, and the windows of the sedan were raised.
When I got up, I could not see clearly who the county magistrate Wu Ya was sitting in the back, but he was probably Wang Zhaomin, Mr. Wu's apprentice.
Even the two main figures from the county government came here. The reputation of the thieves was really high. However, he felt increasingly pressured. The county government sent people here, which meant that Mr. Wu had reached some kind of agreement with the thieves.
The agreement not only acquiesces, but may even support the actions of the thief.
This group of officials failed more than succeeded. Huang Hankun thought in disappointment. They were probably bribed by the thieves. Anyway, they served one term and then left, which would only leave endless troubles to the local area.
Arriving at the shell-shaped staircase-shaped cinema, the delegates felt it was very novel, but they quickly took their seats under the guidance of the male and female students. On the table in the middle were some strange and shiny movies.
There was a thing, and it was dragging a long black leather rope. A short-haired guy walked up and put his mouth on it. Suddenly, a huge and noisy "Hey, hey" sound resounded throughout the venue, scaring everyone.
A jump.
This is how the first consultative meeting began. In order to prepare for this meeting, the executive committee prepared for several weeks. Of course, the so-called consultative meeting itself is not about "consultation", but about informing. It requires preliminary acceptance by the local villages.
Traveling through the rule of political power.
Adhering to the guiding principle of boiling frogs in warm water, the goal of the first step of traveling through time is simple: to send food and missionaries to each village. Travelers are not money-spreading boys who can pour silver endlessly into this land - this will only
This has caused inflation, and travelers now lack light industrial products that can draw back currency.
Light industrial products require a complete industrial system. This system cannot be completed by relying on the people themselves and the 2,000 indigenous people who depend on them. They must obtain more extensive labor support from the local area so that they can integrate the most reliable members of the community.
They were liberated from the simplest labor-intensive industries such as logging, quarrying, and brick-making, and trained to become the first generation of industrial workers in Lingao.
The currency that travels through the regime uses grain as collateral. In order to ensure the security of the currency and support the increasing number of out-of-work industrial people, more grain must be stored. Peaceful means such as acquisition alone cannot effectively guarantee this.
Food security. This is one.
Second, only through disguised taxation such as distributing grain can villages with a natural economy experience the change of rulers. At the same time, it also allows them to see the superiority of the cross-regional regime in using taxation over the traditional government.