Lu Ming

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From the moment he opened the page, Nan Wang entered the state of reading information.So until it was time to light the lamp, after a hasty dinner, Nan Wang continued to read at night by lighting the lamp until dawn the next day.

Early the next morning, Nan Wang, who had worked all night, opened the door of his study and called Zhou Yi and the others over: "I have classified these according to the secret level, and you should read them according to the level. After that, all the materials will be shipped to Wuhan for future reference. Managed by the Confidential Section."

"Yes."

Nanwang and his party stayed in Chaoku Street for five days.

During this period, the personnel belonging to the two intelligence stations strictly abided by the "enemy rear" secrecy regulations.The Nanwang team did not meet with colleagues at Nanjing Station like they did in the south.In addition to the liaison officer who arranged daily travel arrangements, only Nan Wang himself, who went out in makeup at the appointed time, met with the current Nanjing Station Station Manager Lu Cheng alone in a teahouse, and had a private chat.

At the beginning of April 1635, the Nanwang team boarded the Dongguangfu, which had already been repaired, bid farewell to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and embarked on the last voyage of the trip.

Stop and go along the way, all important towns along the middle section of the Yangtze River, including Tongling, Anqing, Jiujiang Huangshi, and Nanwang have disembarked and rested, and experienced the local customs.

In this way, it was not until the end of April that the Dong Guangfu finally completed the thousands of kilometers of water journey, bypassing the widest Dawan Road in the middle of the Yangtze River, and arrived in Greater Wuhan.

In the Greater Wuhan area at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the three towns of Wuhan known to later generations have taken shape, namely Xiakou, Wuchang and Hanyang.

Xiakou Town is the predecessor of Hankou in later generations.Due to the irreplaceable superior geographical location along the river, it was an important military town as early as the Three Kingdoms period.In the early Ming Dynasty, Xiakou Town was naturally developed commercially.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, during the Taiping period of 200 years, the "newly built" Xiakou Town had developed into the most important water transportation hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The term "thoroughfare of nine provinces" actually refers to Xiakou Town only during this period of time.

And Nanwang designated the headquarters of Wuhan Station in Xiakou Town based on some background information long before departure.

The reason is simple: Wuchang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the provincial capital. The governors, governors, and generals of all walks of life are mostly stationed in Wuchang, which is inconvenient to use.

Hanyang is also the same.All kinds of entanglements in the old state capital are not as "relaxed" as in the new town.

Finally, on the morning of April 1635, 4, the East Guangfu docked at the old Xiakou Town Wharf.

At this moment, Zhou Yi, who had finally reached the beginning of his career, was full of hesitation.

On the contrary, Master Nan looked south, probably because he was thinking too much, but his expression was calm and unwavering.

At noon at the bustling Xiakou Wharf, two middle-aged men with ordinary faces boarded the boat.

When Nan Wang saw these two people, he was not surprised: "Huang Zhong, Fang Yanxiao, you two are here."

While the two middle-aged men bowed and clasped their fists to salute, their faces showed the excitement of finding the organization: "Section Chief, I'm looking forward to you!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work, I found it so quickly."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. According to the agreement, my subordinates will go to the pier at [-] o'clock every day to have a look."

"Very well, now tell me about the situation and see when we go ashore."

Chapter 651

For any large-scale operation, there must be pioneers in advance, which is common sense.

Although there was no Wuhan station before, but since the General Intelligence Bureau has set up a large station in Nanjing, it is impossible for the upstream town to leave it alone.

Huang Zhong and Fang Yanxiao, one is from Dongting and the other is from Yueyang, both belong to Hubei aborigines.The two of them were sent to Wuhan as pioneers two years ago.

These two people are stationed in Wuhan, which is somewhat similar to the foreign press stations of later generations.On weekdays, they don't need to go out on missions, they only need to collect public information locally, and then bring the information back to Nanjing after a while.

Half a year ago, the news of the addition of Wuhan station was confirmed, and the importance of the Huang Zhong group increased.They immediately received financial support from Nanjing Station and began to purchase local industries in Wuhan and develop a lower-level intelligence network.

Immediately afterwards, Zhengzhu Nan saw it.

So, the vanguard team led by Nan Wang was actually the second team.The real vanguard is Huang Zhong and his wife.

The first time they met Nan Wang in the cabin, Huang Zhong and Huang Zhong were really excited.After fighting alone for so long, they finally waited for the big army to come, and the clouds opened and the moon brightened.

As soon as they met, Nan Wang also warmly praised the two of them, holding hands and encouraging them without any notice.

Nanwang's attitude is of course better.

One of these: the people who could be sent out to work alone two years ago must be old players recruited when the intelligence system was first established.Everyone actually knows each other, and they belong to old colleagues, so they can't put on airs.

Second: The Huang Zhong group is now not only a local snake, but also developed a pocket intelligence network in the local area.Coupled with the real-time information they have, these are what the webmaster Nan Wang needs now.

Next, for the rest of the day, the duo needs to give an oral report to the new station master.

Communication is two-way.In addition to reporting local intelligence, the two who have been on the "front line" for a long time are also very concerned about the situation in the "rear".

So Nan Wang, while digesting the information, also asked Zhou Yi who was on the side to take time to tell the two seniors about the ever-changing rear.

Zhou Yi casually said some news from the rear.

For example, the navy’s newest battleship was launched, and the caliber of the naval guns; the large steel furnaces of the steel factory were ignited, and the annual output of molten iron;

Most of the above information is public in the rear.It's just that the specific data that Zhou Yi said is more detailed, and only relevant departments can grasp it.

The duo listened with gusto.Due to the inconvenience of information transmission, they have rarely been able to get information from the rear in recent years.

In fact, even though it is their hometown, the driving force behind the duo’s struggle in the distant “enemy-occupied area” over the past few years is these powerful messages—through all the efforts of all these years, they have successfully made their own natives follow Those who understand the real power lies.

In this way, until it was time to turn on the lights, there were still small conversations in the cabin, and a burst of laughter broke out from time to time, and it didn't stop until midnight.

……

Early the next morning, the two hired carriages stopped at the pier.

It is not appropriate to say that it is hired, because the two carriages belong to the family.

Huang Zhong and Fang Yanxiao's cover identity in the local area is the owner of a car dealership.Fang Yanxiao is the proprietor and Huang Zhong is the shopkeeper.

Car dealership is a good cover job.After all, there are people and goods flowing in the car dealership at any time, which is convenient for transmitting information and carrying materials.

However, due to the size of the duo and the unobtrusive policy, the dealership is very small, with only 4 carriages in total.

After the two carriages arrived at the pier, Nan Wang and Zhou Yi, who were ready, boarded the carriage.

Then the carriage started, non-stop all the way.Walk along the bank of the river for a while, and turn into a bustling Qingshi Street.

This street is called Drum Street and is one of the streets in the Docklands.

In fact, this is the predecessor of the famous Hanzheng Street in later generations.

As early as the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, there was already a "River Street" in the area of ​​Hekou Wharf.Later, with the active commerce and trade, He Street gradually expanded to Main Street, Inner Street, Jiajie Street and Li Lane.

Main Street, also known as Guan Street, was renamed Hanzheng Street in 1926 and has a history of more than 500 years.

At this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the "Official Street", the predecessor of Hanzheng Street, was already the largest distribution center for goods in North China.There are wealthy merchants from Huaiyan, wealthy merchants from Shanxi Province, wealthy merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, local merchants, and other merchants from all over the world.

The phrase "goods arrive in Hankou live" refers to Hanzheng Official Street.

Looking south at the "Drum Street" where they parked today, it is only 3 streets away from the main street.In the cobweb-like commercial plot of the main street, it can be regarded as the core area of ​​Xiakou Town.

As for the facade of the house where the carriage is now parked, the lintel is tall, and there are four large characters on the black lacquered door plaque: "Jiangsu Guild Hall".

Boss Nan is here to stay at the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall today.Master Nan's ancestral home is Hangzhou, and he is a native of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Things like regional guild halls are actually comprehensive hotels of later generations, with relatively complete functions, including food and lodging services.

In the ancient times when transportation was inconvenient, in all kinds of commercial ports and large and medium-sized cities, there would be township guild halls purchased by businessmen from all over the country.

The popularity of the guild hall is very necessary.On the one hand, the guild hall can provide a platform for business information exchange for fellow merchants.Secondly, the people living in the guild hall are all from the same country, and it is convenient for everyone to find someone to do chores such as sending letters from home.

And Nan Wang came to stay at the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall today because he had another purpose: to make a name for himself.

As the head of the Wuhan station, Nanwang will definitely establish a large local business organization in the days to come to accommodate the large number of station personnel stationed abroad.

In this way, they can't fight like the Huang Zhong duo.Among fellow villagers and local aborigine merchants, Mr. Nan, a grocer from the south of the Yangtze River, must be more or less familiar with his name.

So, when Mr. Nan got off the boat, he first came to the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Hall with his entourage.

Accommodation is naturally smooth.As long as you have money, you can go anywhere.After entering the door, Master Nan quickly booked the guild hall and entered a small courtyard, just enough to house him and his entourage.

The Jiangsu-Zhejiang Merchant Gang has always been one of the big hills in the domestic commercial landscape, so the grades of Jiangsu-Zhejiang Guild Halls in various places are relatively high.

In Xiakou, there are not only Datong shops for small traders, but also small courtyards and large courtyards, which can meet the needs of customers at different levels.

Settle down hastily.At lunch time, Mr. Nan was wearing a comfortable home cotton robe, with a jade pendant around his waist, three or five jade stones on his fingers, and two small jade balls in his hand, and came out to eat lunch in the atrium.

The atrium is an open-air tea party surrounded by corridors.There are many people here, and there are teahouses, which are specially used for business people to communicate.

As soon as Master Nan came out, he quickly started chatting with the surrounding businessmen, big and small, in a local accent.

Jiangsu and Zhejiang businessmen who can go all over the world are all characters with clear eyebrows.Everyone took a look at him, and then looked at his style and conversation, and he knew that this new Mr. Nan was capable.

So Master Nan quickly became like a fish in water, and became friends with businessmen from all walks of life who came to chat.

In this way, Nan Wang, who had just arrived in Xiakou, stayed in the guild hall for a few days, letting fellow merchants know that a groceries master Nan had come from his hometown.

Of course, in the past few days, not only Master Nan is busy in the team, but other people are also working.

The first is the warehouse.

The warehouse is the best solution.Xiakou is a large trading port, and there are a huge number of existing local warehouses.With Huang Zhong's team present, the team quickly rented a warehouse with a suitable location in the dock area, then transferred the goods on the Dongguangfu, and arranged for manpower to guard them.

At the same time, the work of buying a house is also in full swing.

It is impossible for Mr. Nan to live in the guild hall for a long time.This time with the team to the port, not only the houses, but also businesses such as shops, concierges, etc. need to be purchased one after another.

This work is also in charge of Huang Zhong's group.

In fact, as early as half a year ago, after receiving the order from the rear, Huang Zhong's group had already started making preparations for today's situation.

Although the two of them were unable to purchase a large house in advance due to their local identities, this did not prevent them from collecting information in advance.

In the past few days when Master Nan was making friends in the guild hall, Huang Zhong's group took Zhou Yi and the staff of the confidential group separately to look around the houses and choose houses in Xiakou Town.

In the end, Zhou Yi made a decision to buy a house with four fronts and four entrances in the wharf area with convenient transportation.

This house is also the property of a Jiangsu-Zhejiang businessman. It is considered a relatively good quality new house. It has all the furniture and everything, and it belongs to the type of move-in with bags.

The old owner of the house has recently lost money in business, so he plans to shrink his business, sell his assets and return to his hometown to recover first.Due to the slightly high asking price, this house has not been able to sell.Now meeting some fellow villagers who are short of money, the owner of the house quickly handed over the land deed.

The time when he bought the house was the tenth day when Master Nan lived in the guild hall.

In the middle ages, the pace was slow, and buying a house in the ten-day house was considered a very high speed.Of course, official articles such as the transfer procedures at the Yamen and the delivery and signing of the local Baojia have not yet been completed.But this does not affect everyone's luggage.

So, ten days later, Jian Jian set off a firecracker in front of the door, and Mr. Nan from the south moved into the house with a group of followers and buddies.

Entering the house, checking up and down inside and out, and after confirming that there is no problem, everyone immediately gathered around the big poplar tree in the courtyard, looking up at the leader of the confidential team climbing the tree to pick peaches... Wrong, it was the installation of the antenna.

When buying a house in a foreign station, the first condition is: there must be at least one tall tree in the house.

Soon, the matte treatment and the antenna disguised as tree branches were installed.

At the same time, in the wing room of the confidential group under the tree, the transmitter, hand generator and other equipment have been debugged.

Following Nan Wang's order and the sound of beeping, in this plane, in the Greater Wuhan area, the first radio wave in history came out.

Chapter 652 Medals and Calligraphy

On April 1635, 4, Nanfu, Xiakou Town.

When I got up early this morning, the door of the house was closed. Those who didn't know thought that the new Mr. Nan had drunk too much yesterday.

However, in the inner courtyard of Nanfu, it was a different scene.

There is a big poplar tree in the inner courtyard, and five rows of [-] chairs have already been placed under the tree... If you say it is a big family, dozens of chairs can be gathered together, and you can get together in minutes.

Today's scene also looks like Juyi: most of the intelligence personnel who came to work at Wuhan Station this time have already dressed up and sat on chairs in a square formation.

The so-called formal attire, of course, is not a standard dress for the intelligence system.This time it was lurking behind enemy lines, and most intelligence personnel would not carry anything that could reveal their identities.

However, today’s situation is special, so in order to increase the sense of ceremony as much as possible, the phalanx personnel collectively changed into light blue Ming-style robes—this color is the closest to the standard dresses that everyone distributes.

Of course, there are still a few people who wear formal clothes.

On the bluestone steps in front of the main room, Comrade Nan Wang, who is standing still with his hands behind his back, is wearing a sky blue dress with a small lapel collar, fine woolen trousers, a chest with a ribbon and no less than 5 various medals that are standard for the intelligence system. .

Looking south, Zhou Yi was also wearing the same style of dress, but there was no ribbon on his chest, and there was only one medal.

Time passed quickly, and when Nanwang looked sideways and saw the rising sun rising over the ridge of the roof, he nodded slightly: "Let's start."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yi immediately took a step forward, facing the audience, and spoke in a confident manner: "The commendation ceremony has officially begun."

The next moment, Zhou Yi spread out a hard-shell folder in his hand, and read out the telegram: "After the approval of the station master and the approval of the General Administration, it is now decided to award Huang Zhong and Fang Yanxiao their meritorious service."

"I invite the station master to present the award."

The above are standard procedures.Next, Zhou Yi stepped back to give way, and turned back to pick up a brass tray from the side coffee table, which contained two small brocade boxes.

At this time, the main stationmaster Nan took two steps forward and stood in front of the door.

With a light cough, Nan Wang first nodded to the duo standing under the colonnade, then he turned his face and said loudly to the audience: "It has been found out that Huang Zhong and Fang Yanxiao were born in Jingnian. In latent work, self-denial and perseverance, and the successful completion of various tasks, can be regarded as a model for colleagues."

"Therefore, this site asks the headquarters to award the Medal of Perseverance to the two of them, and to issue bonuses, certificates, and house property at the same time."

"Huang Zhong, Fang Yanxiao, come forward."