Lu Ming

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Chapter 649 The Road to Appointment ([-])

After the second meeting of time-travelers, Emperor Cao, who was able to "pro-govern", fulfilled his promise and started "importing" time-travelers again.

Different from the "predecessors", as the regime grows stronger and worries are reduced, the adaptation period of the "newcomers" is correspondingly shortened, and the time to "start" is greatly advanced.

Among them, Wen Guangjun is one of the few "newcomers" who are willing to work in the General Intelligence Bureau.

Although Wen Guangjun's "previous life" was not high-ranking, he had done political review work for a period of time, and he came to the General Intelligence Bureau as a professional counterpart.

In fact, the joining of Wen Guangjun is very precious to the General Intelligence Bureau - most of the traversers from the military and police system, after figuring out the situation on the front foot, pat their bellies and go to the government office with their back feet, few of them are willing Back to the front of the previous life.

So, not long after Wen Guangjun went to work in the General Intelligence Bureau, Dai Yun, who was extremely short of manpower, parachuted him into the position of station chief of Fuzhou Station.

This arrangement is reasonable.

As the city with the earliest layout and the establishment of intelligence agencies across the city, today's Fuzhou has long been infiltrated by the intelligence system like a sieve.

To put it bluntly, if one day you hear General Cao raising the flag of rebellion, people from Fuzhou will rush to the governor's mansion every minute, intending to cut off the governor's dog's head to claim credit...Maybe these people will be in vain After all, there are "comrades" in the Governor's Mansion.

No one in the world can understand Kun.

Therefore, Fuzhou Station is actually not a very energy-intensive place to go.On the contrary, Fuzhou Station, where all work is on the right track, is actually suitable for newcomers like Wen Guangjun to get in touch with the "new society" and understand the situation.

At the same time, the General Administration transferred the original traverser station master to work in the northern region where the situation was more complicated.This is really a good thing for the intelligence system with a shortage of manpower.

Wen Guangjun, who took office in a hurry, has spent a total of 4 months in Fuzhou as of today, and he has just stepped on the ground.Then suddenly I was notified that there was a reception job: Nan Wang Nan Station Master was passing by as a guest.

Wen Guangjun is no stranger to reception work.In his previous life, he also received visitors from his brother unit.While arranging board and lodging, they also need to assist others in handling cases, catching a fugitive or something.

According to past experience, the process of receiving colleagues in the 17th century should be similar.But this time it's a little different: stationmaster Wen seems ordinary, but he actually takes this matter more seriously.

The reason is that Mr. Wen's clothing is expensive now, so he naturally doesn't need to worry about the guests' board and lodging.What interested Mr. Wen was that Nanwang was the first indigenous elite he met at the same level.

For a long time, time travelers, especially "quick" time travelers like Wen Guangjun, have more or less experienced an adaptation process of dislocation of identity.

From a dick to a master, from a social animal to a boss, from an ordinary person to a prophet of salvation who knows both astronomy and geography.While feeling the awe of the natives, many travelers need to confirm repeatedly so that they will not lose their position.

It took Wen Guangjun a long time to get used to this sense of dislocation in identity.

However, this visit from Nanwang made Wen Guangjun's mentality of being in place with great difficulty before a little messy - at least on the bright side, for most of the aboriginals who don't know the situation, the two sides are equal.

So Wen Guangjun is actually very interested in Nanwang.He hoped to take the opportunity to communicate with Nanwang and adapt himself to dealing with the indigenous elite.

Although the travel time was not long, Wen Guangjun knew in his heart that with such a pitiful number of travellers, in the end, most of the positions in the New World would be filled by indigenous elites.Not only do I have to adapt to being a master, but I also have to learn to adapt to this new change.

...However, in the face of Wen Guangjun who is very interested, Nan Wang, one of the protagonists this time, has been well-regulated since he got off the carriage.

Nan Wang, who has dealt with traversers from the very beginning, can be regarded as an "old courtier".So Nan Wang is very aware of everyone's internal identity gap, and he is like a bright mirror in his heart.

This leads to his coping plan today.

From the bottom of his heart, Nan Wang didn't think he could be equal to Chuan Guiping.He also knew that behind the gentle and knowledgeable faces of these people, there was a huge mysterious power and some kind of inseparable internal connection, which was not something that "Xin Jin" like him could casually build up.

And the most important point: Nanwang knew nothing about Wen Guangjun who was airborne in Fuzhou, and he didn't know his background faction at all.This is the most important point. If you don't know the details of the other party, don't stretch out an olive branch. After all, there are also gangs of many sizes in Transcendent.

So as soon as he met today, he put up all his energy to deal with the latter, inwardly it was the way a subordinate would deal with a boss.

Afterwards, Station Master Wen, who felt that the atmosphere of the meeting was not quite right, still had lunch with the guests according to the etiquette.And when Wen Guangjun finally found out that the Nan stationmaster, who had never been masked before, was indeed deliberately "reserved", he completely lost the desire to communicate.

The reception activities that followed were lackluster as far as the naked eye could see.After the banquet, Master Wen casually assigned a certain subordinate to be in charge of receiving the guests.And he himself, Chuangui lost his temper, slapped his ass and left.

For such an ending, Nan Wang was not surprised.

He has long seen that, working under the hands of Transmigration, as long as things are done well, there is a high probability that a proper result will be obtained.You don't need to worry about the backstabbing from your superiors and subordinates at any time like in Daming.

Having said that, this kind of internal atmosphere with low internal friction usually appears in the emerging group OR new regime for a period of time.

The new group has no historical burden, and the interior is like the rising sun.In addition, there are enough vacancies waiting, so the new group is usually high-spirited, cooperates with each other, and goes all out to the outside world, and factional strife will be minimized.

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Since it was not very pleasant to flirt with the local boss, the Nanwang team was naturally embarrassed to stay in Fuzhou for a long time, so it didn't have to be annoying.

So at noon the next day, after the delivery of the goods, the Dongguang Fu, which was loaded with some Fujian native products, hurried away.

All the way along the coastline to continue northward, during the period also anchored in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province to avoid the storm for a few days.In the end, when the watchman on the mast of Dongguangfu saw Dagang in the distance, it was already the middle of March when spring blossomed.

Great Shanghai has arrived.

Zhangsutan Port, a private port of salt traders hidden in the tidal flats in the past.Today, the dilapidated small fishing port has already become the leading large comprehensive port in East Asia in the 17th century.

When there is still a long distance from Zhangsu Beach, travelers who come here for the first time will see a thin white line on the coast—the seawall.

This is a solid seawall built with white stones, extending as far as the eye can see, I don't know how long it is.

In the chaotic Little Ice Age of the 17th century, this sea wall firmly protected the surrounding areas of Shanghai from the intrusion of tides and salt water, which is a great achievement.

Standing at the bow of the boat looking south, his face was filled with elation and emotion at this moment, and he was no longer the same as when he was in Fuzhou that day.

Zhou Yi on the side can understand Nan Wang's emotions.He knew that Nan Wang was from Hangzhou, not far from Shanghai.

In addition, as far as Zhou Yi knew: Nan Wang had been active in the Jiangnan area all year round before he was the chief of the seventh department.In other words, Shanghai must be the base camp of Nanwang, with deep personal connections.

as predicted.

Nan Wang and his group stepped into the headquarters of Shanghai Station, and Mr. Xiong Daoxiong, who was the station master at the time, greeted him with a big smile.While shaking hands vigorously, Xiong Dao shook his head and said, "Okay, you've made it through, and you're promoted, Station Master Nan!"

"Ashamed, ashamed, stationmaster Xiong. I belong to the villain Xin Jin, don't make fun of me!"

Seeing Master Nan and Xiong Dao's straightforward communication, and recalling his cautiousness in Fuzhou, Zhou Yi immediately verified his earlier guess.

In fact, if there is a need to assign factions, Nan Wang undoubtedly belongs to the "Jiangnan Faction".

Since the opening of Shanghai Port, Nanwang has been transferred back to the Jiangnan region, and his working relationship at that time was at the Shanghai station.

In the following two or three years, Nan Wang used his familiarity with the gentry class of the Ming Dynasty, as well as his advantages as an indigenous "cultural person" and high-end espionage skills to assist Xiong Dao and other traversers to open up the situation in the Jiangnan area. At that time, he played an indelible role and made many contributions.

This is also the reason why all the traversers of the "Jiangnan Department" regard Nan Wang as their own.

In fact, including Nan Wang's promotion, there are hidden recommendations and support behind it from the "Jiangnan Department" Xiong Dao, Lu Cheng and other leaders.

So, when he arrived in Greater Shanghai, Nanwang would be considered to have truly entered his own territory.

Next is the real clean up.

The headquarters compound of Shanghai Railway Station is located in Zhangsu Port, backed by the bustling Shanghai Beach, and has everything that should be supplied.

This time, Nan Wang and his group have arrived at their own territory. All the team members on the Dongguang Fu ship disembarked, and in the name of an undercover seminar, they collected public funds... team building, and ate and drank hard for three days.

After that, everyone lived in a high-end hotel.In the end, when he patted his ass and left, he also received a high-end souvenir and a big red envelope (conference subsidy) in his hand, and he took a handful of imperialist wool.

Four days later, the Nanwang team, reeking of alcohol and with golden wind in their sleeves, bid farewell to the old leader who came to see him off, left Zhangsugang, and rushed headlong into the mighty Yangtze River against the strong north wind.

But this time, the Dongguangfu was not a single ship entering the Yangtze River.Lined up in front of and behind the Dongguangfu is a team of as many as ten civilian merchant ships.

In order to deceive the public, Dong Guangfu hoisted the flag of a trading company affiliated to Shanghai Railway Station.

The fleet traveled all the way up the river, passed through Nantong, crossed Jiangyin, and crossed Zhenjiang... The aftermath of the bombardment of Shanghai by Marshal Cao's giant ship back then is still slowly exerting its effect today.Although there were many criticisms from the Ming government along the way, the water bandits along the Yangtze River waterway were still wiped out by the "enthusiastic and courageous masses" in recent years.

After traveling smoothly all the way, after five days, the Dong Guang Fu came to the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, under the city of Nanjing.

Chapter 650 Xiakou

"The land of gold and powder in the Six Dynasties, the state of Jinling emperors. It meanders with green water, and the Zhulou is stretched far away."

"As expected of an emperor's capital!"

At the end of March, in front of the Jubaomen Wharf, Nan Wang, dressed as a businessman, looked up at the thickest and tallest Nanjing City Wall in the Ming Dynasty.

The Dong Guang Fu had been outside the city of Nanjing before. It first turned from the Yangtze River to the Jiajiang River, then entered the Shangxin River, and arrived at Jiangdongmen.

The Shangxin River was only excavated in the early Ming Dynasty.Due to the important geographical location, this place soon became an important wharf: "The shops are gathered together, the merchants gather together, the bamboo and oil hemp, covering the river, it is called an important town along the river."

The Dongguangfu docked at Jiangdongmen, and then began unloading under the arrangement of the responders.The warehouse of Nanjing Railway Station is just outside Jiangdongmen.

Nan Wang himself, Zhou Yi and other core personnel all changed into unremarkable robes, then changed to a small boat on the spot, passed two long bridges cautiously, and walked around to the famous Jubao Gate.

Starting from this section of the road... In fact, from the moment they approached Nanjing, the Nanwang team changed their previous arrogant posture, switched to stealth mode as a whole.

No way, the truth is within the range of the barrel.Now Cao's gunboats used to reason can't even pass Zhenjiang, so Nanjing still belongs to the "enemy-occupied area".Teams like Nanwang have to behave honestly from now on.

Working in "enemy-occupied areas" and working in "liberated areas" are completely different feelings.

Nanjing was the accompanying capital of the Ming Dynasty, where various "conservative forces" were powerful.There are not only elite battalions under the jurisdiction of the garrison eunuchs, but also many noble private soldiers.For an organization like the foreign station, once things become a big deal in Nanjing, they will definitely suffer immediate losses.Therefore, we must behave with our tails between our legs, and no longer have the arrogant attitude of Shanghai and other places.

Entering the city from Jubao Water Gate, you can see the Dabaoen Temple Pagoda in the west.Facing the winter sun in the afternoon, the famous glazed pagoda is very eye-catching.

Continue to take a boat to the east, along the Qinhuai River, after crossing a long series of stone arch bridges such as Wuding Bridge, Huaiqing Bridge, Liji Bridge, Wende Bridge, and Laiyan, you will find Baochaoku Street...the location of the National Treasury in Ming Dynasty .

Here in Chaoku Street, there is an exquisite building: Meixiang Building.

In the future, Li Xiangjun, one of the eight beauties of the Qinhuai River, will live in the Meixiang Building, waiting for the arrival of the hit son Hou Fangyu.After that, this patriotic celebrity who only lived to be 30 years old will leave behind a tragic historical story of loving and hating her country.

However, in this plane, probably this story will never happen again... Since the tentacles of a certain reactionary force reached into Nanjing in 1635, the tragic ending of many people in Qinhuai Bayan must have been reversed.

In the words of later generations, the banknote warehouse land around Meixiang Building belongs to the core area of ​​the Qinhuai Scenic Area. It is a standard high-end villa residential area with high housing prices.

Most of the courtyards here are the same as Meixiang Building, with three courtyards and two courtyards.

From the appearance, these courtyards are exquisite and elegant, quiet amidst the hustle and bustle. They are indeed the unique temperament of high-end residential areas, and they are very suitable for literati, poets, talented scholars, beauties, red sleeves, fragrant golden houses and hidden charms.

"Master Nan" and his group came here to number a house.

The house is already ready.

Under the guidance of two capable escorts, Master Nan disembarked from the bridge pier opposite Meixiang Building.After crossing the street, there is an unremarkable green brick house in the square, which is the temporary residence prepared by Nanjing Station for Mr. Nan.

This house includes two nearby houses, both of which are backup safe houses for Nanjing Station.When Nan Wang and the others arrived, a set of household items had already been prepared, and there were people nearby to respond at any time.

Of course, Master Nan and his party came to the Qinhuai River, they definitely didn't come to find girls.

In fact, they came to... to study.

After entering the house, Chang followed the well-dressed deputy head of the confidential group of Nanjing Station, and took Nan Wang to the study in the back house alone.

In the study room, the two sides talked secretly for about an hour, and then the deputy team leader left.

After that, Nan Wang closed his eyes and meditated.After a long time, he drank a cup of tea, got up and sat in front of the window, opened the iron lock on the desk drawer with a small delicate key, and took out a thread-bound book from it.

It is a thread-bound book with a simple appearance, and the cover is one that ordinary scholars have seen. The "Zengding Han, Wei and Six Dynasties" written in vertical format with a brush.

However, when Nan Wang turned the pages of the book, on the first page inside, there was a striking square red stamp in the upper right corner: Confidential.

Further down, there is a catalog in simplified characters written in hard-tipped blue ink: "Compilation of Recent Social/Enemy Situations in Wuhan".

Brackets: Type B documents, which are only accessible to insiders.

Nanwang, the new senior intelligence officer of the Imperial Intelligence System, is the new head of Wuhan station.

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Prior to this, the traversers who were groping their way in the fog had constantly changed their conception of grand strategy as the current situation changed.

According to real history, the Ming Dynasty would collapse in 9, 1644 years later.Emperor Chongzhen himself would hang himself after breaking the city in 1644.

The previous time-traveling forces originally intended to connect with the historical process and "take over the baton" in 1644 to establish a new dynasty.

However, in the past 8 years, Traveling has not stopped the construction of industrialization for a single day.

Nowadays, with the acceleration of the industrialization process in the southern region, the muscles are increasingly swollen through the high-level. After looking at the GDP data in recent years, I suddenly found that I can't wait for 9 years, and 1644 is too far away.

Just like the chairman was in Xibaipo back then.At the beginning, it was estimated that it would take five years to defeat the opponent. As a result, the situation after the Liaoshen Campaign was very good, and the time for the liberation of the whole country was immediately advanced to three years.

As a result, the strategy of the general public was revised again. "The Great Yan Kingdom replaced the Ming Dynasty in advance", which became the consensus of most people.

So the question is: how to replace it in advance?

The answer is: to accelerate the process of history.

How to accelerate the process of history?

The appointment of Nanwang is an important part of this grand strategy.

In the original plan of the General Intelligence Bureau, at least at this point in 1635, it was not planned to set up a Wuhan station.

The reason has been mentioned before, beyond the reach of the whip.The Nanjing station is not clear, and it does not make much sense to set up the Wuhan station.

However, with the change of the upper-level strategy, the Wuhan station became a key project overnight, receiving a huge amount of resources, including the Nanwang team itself.

Nanjing Station, which is the closest to Wuhan, began to shift the focus of daily work shortly after this grand strategic decision, and made every effort to collect information on the three towns of Wuhan—all information in all aspects must be available.

With the passage of time, until the day Nan Wang took office, the amount of intelligence had accumulated a lot.In the current situation where the core components of telegraphs cannot be "imported", so much information is bound to be unable to be transmitted by telegraph, so Nan Wang just went to the field to read.

This is also the reason why the Nanwang team was arranged in Chaoku Street today: all the information is in this study.As the incoming webmaster, what he needs most now is all kinds of real-time information about the three towns in Wuhan.