The one hundred and ninety-third section is warm and grand
Chapter 193: Warm and grand
The children who presented the flowers were quickly selected. Zhao Chuanyi was selected because of his fair skin and tall height - he was one of the very few children who did not come from a farm family. He made many young people envious. This kind of honor is not something that can be shared anytime and anywhere.
owned.
Suddenly, a puff of white smoke rose from the fort - as everyone calls the beacon tower now - and a salute was fired. The bustling crowd on the pier suddenly became quiet, and the fleet entered the port.
Fang Fei glanced at the nurses and secretarial students who had just arrived. They had just finished lining up, and each of them was still out of breath. It seemed that they had come at a trot. Fang Fei used to be in charge of show girls, and he was most concerned about how women should behave.
He has a keen perception of the best condition, and he immediately discovered that dust and sweat seriously affected the complexion of some people, especially the color of their lips - it was obviously dark and did not show a healthy ruddy color. And the eyebrows and hair
The dust also appears particularly conspicuous under the sun.
"Quick! Get a towel! Fetch water." Fang Fei gave the order, and all the indigenous clerks and cadres around him immediately took action. Fang Fei was well prepared for this kind of thing, including a washbasin, towel, lipstick, comb, and needlework.
...everything that might be useful is available.
Some elders thought it would be unnecessary if they were not prepared in this way. Fang Fei thought to himself that when I led the team to Chinajoy, I brought more than ten times as much stuff as this, and I don’t know how many spare socks I needed.
Fang Fei glanced at the fleet entering the harbor. It would take at least ten minutes to dock and set up the springboard. This time was almost enough. He gave the order: "Everyone, move quickly! Clean up the girls one by one!"
After saying that, he twisted a handful of towels, put a comb in his pocket, and ran into the nursing team. A clerk quickly followed him carrying a washbasin.
Fang Fei quickly wiped a girl's face and neck. The girl was obviously shocked, but they had been trained to obey the authority of their superiors, so they continued to stand motionless. Fang Fei dropped the towel.
, looked at it carefully, and quickly combed the girl's bangs with a comb. Then he stretched out his hand, and a clerk next to him immediately presented a box of lipstick. He picked a little with a disposable cotton swab and applied it on his lips.
"Wipe it off yourself!" He said and immediately moved in front of the next person.
This series of movements was as fast as a rabbit, which made the other clerks who were also helping the girls groom themselves feel in awe - Director Fang was indeed extraordinary! In less than ten minutes, all sixty people were sorted out.
Just when Fang Fei breathed a sigh of relief, a jeep suddenly arrived and stopped behind the customs building. The person who jumped out of the car was the Du Gong. He was wearing an old version of the stand-up collar cadre uniform, and there were people carrying his clothes behind him.
Hou Wenyong, who carries a briefcase, has a serious look on his face, wearing the same four-pocket stand-up collar cadre uniform, with a capped pencil stuck in his jacket pocket.
After getting off the bus, Ma Qianzhu glanced at the crowd on the pier, and then at the fleet flagship approaching the pier with its full flag hoisted. He strode forward and saw the person from the office who was responsible for the welcome work of the entire pier.
The indigenous cadres rushed forward to lead the way.
30 seconds later, the "March of Unity and Friendship" began to play from the loudspeaker. The elders who were resting in the rest shed stood up one by one, straightened their clothes on their waists, assumed dignified postures, and followed closely with their heads held high.
He rode his horse Qianzhu towards the trestle.
On the flagship, the escalator springboard has been set up. A neatly dressed Navy saluteman wearing a special white protocol belt came down from the battleship. He made a beautiful turn and raised his hand in salute. The music stopped and the bugler played.
Bugle Wen Desi came down from the gangplank almost at the right pace. He was wearing a navy uniform. He waved briefly at the entrance of the escalator, then walked down the escalator slowly, and made a simple and concise gesture when passing by the salute.
Hand gift.
Ma Qianzhu arrived at the gangplank about five seconds early. At this time, the two men met each other. The Governor stretched out his hand:
The two shook hands vigorously, and the elders behind could see that they said a few words. Both of them were smiling and happy, but no one heard what they said.
"...Secretary of State Ma presided over the ceremony at the dock, grandly welcoming Chairman Wen, Minister Chen and others who had returned victoriously from the Battle of Guangzhou, and congratulating them on their great victory in the combat operations in the Pearl River Basin..."
Zhang Yu stammered, but the broadcast in Mandarin was broadcast through wires to tweeters in many places in Lingao. Of course, the elders in Bairen City immediately cut off the switches of the tweeters and continued to do their own things.
, but in other places, the indigenous people gathered under the tweeter with great interest, listening to the sound coming out of the speaker with relish - for them, the sound coming out of the speaker was fascinating to them.
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"...Children and children presented flowers to Chairman Moon, Minister Chen and the heroic soldiers of the navy, army and navy..."
Butler Zhao was smoking a cigarette in the accounting room, looking at the account book and listening to the live broadcast from the loudspeaker in the county. The loudspeaker in Lingao County has gradually become an equally important and influential facility in the county. Residents have also started to use it.
Surprised, curious, and accustomed to it. Everyone has become accustomed to the "Athletes' March" played every morning at five o'clock and the punctual time reporting of the Gaoshanling time station. In addition to the temporary emergency notification, the broadcast starts at five o'clock every morning.
to 12 noon, and then from 4 pm to 8 pm. Music and opera are played most of the time, and news, agricultural programs, supply and demand news, ship sailings and arrivals in ports are also played at other times.
Advertising - of course, the main ones being advertised are Australians themselves.
Butler Zhao has become accustomed to this kind of chatter in his ears, and sometimes he will hum along with the music. He can't quite understand what is being played. He only knows that a certain Australian official has returned, and others are at the dock.
He was more interested in the local opera program that followed, which would broadcast the so-called "Cantonese Opera" - the so-called Guangdong opera. Butler Zhao was not a native of Lingao and was not interested in puppet shows sung in Lingao dialect.
That's terrible. But I still have a soft spot for Cantonese opera. Of course, the Cantonese opera played by Australians is different from what he has heard: the biggest difference is that it is sung in Cantonese instead of theater Mandarin - this makes him
It sounds more pleasing to the ear, and secondly, not only are the tunes and singing different, but there are much more repertoires, and the sound is more gorgeous and mellow. It is much better than the famous actors he heard in Guangdong when he was a boy. Butler Zhao has always felt that it is very good.
Strange, do people in Australia also sing Cantonese opera?
He carefully wrote down the expenses in his account book - this is an important responsibility as a housekeeper. The Liu family is not a particularly rich family, and the land they collect rent is not much, and their annual income is only
It just roughly covers the expenses of the family. There are twenty or thirty domestic slaves in the family, and Mr. Liu has to ask people to buy books and four treasures from Qiongshan and Guangzhou; he helps the poor people, scholars, clansmen and relatives; and he also serves as a regular in the county on weekdays.
Taxis and squires come to visit, and necessary entertainment is indispensable. Mr. Liu also goes to Qiongshan, Danzhou and other places every year to visit his former teachers and friends... There are so many things, the expenses are quite considerable. Butler Zhao lives within his means, okay?
It is easy to barely maintain a balance of income and expenditure, and sometimes it is unavoidable to eat a lot of food. Until the past year, the master was concurrently serving as the mountain director at Molixuan College. Although he could not often go to the college to give lectures, Australians still paid 300 yuan in circulation coupons every month as travel expenses. Liu Dalin started
Rejecting this income - this is not because he wants to draw a clear line, but because he originally stated that serving as the mountain leader is only compulsory. Recently, after Butler Zhao repeatedly complained about the family's financial difficulties, he reluctantly allowed to accept the money.
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"If there is a big event at home, I'm afraid the land will have to be sold." Butler Zhao recorded the recent expenses for hiring doctors and medicines in his account book. He frowned. This so-called big event is Mr. Liu's funeral.
In the past month or so, Mr. Liu's health has been getting worse day by day, and he has gradually become bedridden. Although he went to the doctor everywhere to take medicine, he still paid a lot of money to hire a doctor from Xu Wen. There was no decent doctor in Lingao, and he used to go to the county.
The best doctor is Yang Shixiang, the owner of Runshitang, but he recently went to Anguo. As for the hospitals run by Australians, although I heard that they have excellent medical skills and can even disembowel people to treat them, this kind of
Reputation is a deterrent for the gentry who are either too poor or desperate or too sick to die. Everyone still believes in traditional Chinese medicine.
However, the doctor who was hired with a lot of money did not realize that he was ugly. After saying something that no one could understand, he prescribed a prescription and left. After taking the medicine according to the prescription for more than ten days, it did not work, and the disease gradually became worse.
It's getting serious. According to the rules of wealthy families, it is necessary to prepare for the funeral in advance. Firstly, it is "to celebrate happiness", and secondly, I am afraid that if I die of illness and I am unprepared, I will be laughed at by others. This is the expense for Liu Dalin's funeral.
Where it comes from has become a matter that has been bothering Butler Zhao recently.
Given Liu Dalin's prestige and status in the county, this funeral arrangement must not be too shabby - all the prominent people in the county would come to pay their respects. It was too shabby to explain, and at least more than 100 silver would be needed to pay for it.
Butler Zhao calculated and calculated the numbers in the ledger, but could not find any place to find a spare amount of money. The Liu family had no rich relatives to borrow money from, and the family motto prohibited borrowing money.
After much deliberation, the only option was to sell the land. However, the Liu family did not have much land to begin with, and the land price in Lingao was not high. After selling some of the land, the Liu family's financial expenses would become even more difficult.
"Alas!" Butler Zhao thought for a long time and couldn't think of any clever ideas. He sighed, "I have to cut out the flesh to mend the sores!"
But it was not easy to cut out the flesh to mend the sores. The land in Lingao was not very valuable, and there were very few buyers. It was not possible to sell it anytime and anywhere in a hurry. Butler Zhao was at a loss for what to do, and finally thought of the Australians.
Although Mr. Liu is not allowed to ask for anything from the Australians, selling land to the Australians is a matter of mutual consent. The Liu family will not get any benefits from the Australians, so there is no excuse. Thinking of this, he decided to do these things. I will go to Bairen City the next day to meet my son, discuss the matter with him, and implement it as soon as possible.
faintly came out from the loudspeaker: "...those who came to Bopu today to attend the welcome ceremony are: Ma Qianxu, Secretary of State of the Central Government Affairs Council, Wu De, President of the Planning Academy, Ma Jia, President of the Arbitration Tribunal, Xiao Zishan, Director of the General Office of the Executive Committee ,... Deacon Li Sunqian of Lingao County Consultative Bureau, members Huang Xunkun, Zhang Youfu, Lin Quan'an, Fu Bowen... etc. attended the welcome ceremony... Chairman Wen cordially talked with the members. Member Li Sunqian said: Chairman Wen You have worked hard. Chairman Wen said: I am not working hard. Your body looks very healthy. You should pay more attention to rest..."
The members of the County Advisory Bureau were also among the welcoming crowd. Even the Lingao County Government sent Wang Zhaomin as a representative. Wen Desi specifically shook hands with the members of the County Advisory Bureau. There was a roar of gongs and drums, and he and Others then accepted the welcome from people from all walks of life in Lingao. Finally, the gongs and drums stopped, and the choir of Lingao Seminary sang "Jerusalem" written and composed by Dean Wu.
Finally, the students from Fangcao Cao sang "Land of Glory and Hope" together. Wen Desi and others listened to the singing with smiles on their faces and expressed their gratitude to the choir, students and everyone who attended the welcome ceremony, and then he After getting on the carriages with Chen Haiyang and other elders, one black carriage after another with a red flag, escorted by electric vehicles ridden by members of the special reconnaissance team headquarters, headed for Bairen City.
Fang Fei watched the convoy leave and breathed a sigh of relief. There were no major problems in the entire welcome ceremony. While communicating with Ran Yao, he began to evacuate the people. At the same time, he asked the registration officer and others to pack up the equipment and equipment needed for the welcome, and collected them one by one. Library. Especially those banners, which are made of cotton. It is not easy to apply for them, and it will be troublesome if they are stolen.
He has been busy for this scene for a whole week. It is more than 100 times more difficult to play this game in the 17th century than in the 21st century. People in the 21st century have at least seen this kind of scene. The natives here have no idea at all and can only do mechanical things. Even the little things must be done personally. But there is another big thing in front of Fang Fei's head, which is the annual meeting.
The annual meeting to celebrate the victory, which was originally planned to be co-organized with the Mid-Autumn Festival, was postponed until November due to the "Pearl River Battle". This time, the Standing Committee of the Senate decided not to postpone it and hold it separately in the name of celebrating the "double victory on land and sea". A large-scale celebration banquet. Of course, the reason why this celebration meeting was put on the agenda so quickly is closely related to the active activities of a group of people in the North American branch. Several of these people were elected to the Senate. members of the Standing Committee. Their dissatisfaction with the current political state and their eagerness to expand the influence of the North American Department through the annual meeting made them try their best to promote this matter.
Fang Fei didn't know why Qian Shuiting and others were so enthusiastic about holding this annual meeting, especially after Zheng Shangjie withdrew from Guangzhou. In addition to discussing with Li Mei every day about the Lingao version of Ziminglou, she was planning this
Annual meeting. She also proposed a complete set of plans for the annual meeting - completely American style. It was ten times more complicated than Fang Fei's original plan.
However, Zheng Shangjie's plan has received widespread support in the Senate - everyone hopes to take advantage of this victory to relieve their nervous mood and find an excuse to eat, drink and have fun. Many people have already bought the "Life Secretary",
I am also eager to show off the "Australian lifestyle" to these girls.
These factors were mixed together, and finally the General Office finally approved Zheng Shangjie's plan to hold a "big party".
Of course, Fang Fei couldn't figure out why because he didn't pay much attention to certain things. Anyone who pays a little attention to the association activities within the Traverse Group will know what the North American plan is.
Since Du Wen won the freedom of association rights of senators at the plenary session, what followed was a complete association bill. This bill was roughly copied from Austria, but it was changed according to the specific situation of the crossing group.
The two most important ones are that associations are only allowed to accept elders as members, and the second is that the association's funds adopt a quota system, that is, the funds paid by each member must be consistent, and the amount of membership dues must be reported to the general office for approval. No money is allowed to the association without permission.
Donate large sums of money and do not give property to the association.
Ma Jia is very clear: the ultimate result of association is the formation of small groups with different political demands within the cross-border group. This prospect is probably inevitable. Even if there is no so-called right of association, factions and mountains will form on their own. It doesn't matter whether there is an association or not.
How many changes will there be? And some factions have not formed a society at all. The clause that only senators are allowed to join is mainly to prevent senators from using indigenous forces to oppress other factions in the Senate. The restriction on membership fees is to prevent some societies from abusing resources.
Generally speaking, the elders are not very interested in the association itself - most people are not very interested in politics, and they are not interested in participating in association activities after work. As for managing the association, there are many
It is a matter of insensitivity to people's gratitude - how can the elders who manage equality have the satisfaction of managing indigenous people who are respectful. Therefore, the only societies registered in the General Office in the past year since the passage of the Societies Law are: Spartacus Group, Women's Federation, and Association for the Protection of Aboriginal Rights.
, Law Club, Scale Model Club, Steampunk Group and Otaku Party.
Among them, the founder and chairman of the Spartacus Group and the Women's Federation are both Du Wen. The former is of course the so-called "left-wing political faction", and the latter is a "women's rights protection organization." However, so far, the former is almost
Du Wen's club, the latter, through her active activities, has attracted almost all the female elders to join, and has also carried out some activities. Apart from this, the most lively one is the Zhai Party.
The House Party was established shortly after the second plenary session. The North American branch staff, who were worried about the political system established at the second plenary session, gathered at Feiyun in Bopu on a dark and windy night.
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