Of course, the waterway is faster, the maximum speed of the 318 boat can reach 30 knots, although it is not familiar with the water conditions, so it can only travel at a speed of about 15 knots, but it only took about an hour to drive from Dagu to the British Concession Wharf.

However, along the way, all the people on the ship, except for the pilot, did not sit in the cabin waiting to arrive, and scattered on the deck of the ship to watch the natural scenery along the Haihe River. First, this is the first time that the people who have crossed the group have walked into the inland area from the seaside, and the people are very excited, and secondly, this is the original ecological field and village landscape more than 100 years ago, which is of course full of freshness for modern people who are accustomed to seeing reinforced concrete jungles or artificial landscapes.

Even after entering the waters of the concession, the southwest bank of the Haihe River has begun to appear full of European-style buildings, but still has not discouraged people's interest, after all, this is not the so-called "modern simple European style" or "neoclassical European style" in the modern society of the old time and space, but the original European architectural style full of original classical beauty, and the difference between them is still quite large. The slight fly in the ointment is that there are few people on both sides of the river, because the fields on the northeast bank of the Haihe River are full of finches, pecking at the crops in the fields, and the villages are also dilapidated, which is in stark contrast to the large-scale buildings in the southwest concession area.

But this did not affect the interest of everyone, but on the deck took out their mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, cameras, etc., and took pictures of the two sides of the strait, and then posed with each other, raised their fingers into a fork, took a selfie, or took a group photo, and the whole journey was not lonely.

Qin Zheng and the others can take advantage of their status, standing on the deck on the second floor, not only the place is wide, but also the view is good, not only can they see the buildings on the bank of the Haihe River, but they can also see farther. Although they also felt sorry for the dilapidated villages and deserted fields, they were more interested in the concession, which was closer to modern society.

Wang Yunpeng said: "I can't imagine that the construction in this era is also good, if in the old time and space, a good classification, a European style sightseeing street, and then the introduction of some European big brands into the ownership, this is a very good selling point, very commercial value." ”

Xu Jichao also nodded and said: "Yes, although it is said that the concession is proof of China's loss of power and humiliation in modern times, we have to admit that imperialism has indeed done a good job in the infrastructure construction of the concession. ”

Qin Zheng said: "If the factor of national sovereignty is excluded, the establishment of concessions has indeed promoted the urbanization development of these areas, after all, the imperialist countries have entered the modern industrial society at this time, and in terms of urban planning and infrastructure construction, of course, it is much stronger than the Qing Dynasty, which was still in the agricultural civilization of the feudal society." In the future, if we manage this area, we will certainly be able to do better than imperialism. ”

Wang Yunpeng said with a smile: "Of course, we have more than a hundred years of knowledge than this era, and in this hundred years, we have created more scientific and technological knowledge than all the previous eras combined, and we have no reason to do worse than the ancients." ”

Just as he spoke, the 318 boat had already sailed into the river section of the British Concession and slowly approached the shore of Long, while Qin Yuhai had already lined up on the shore with his soldiers to wait.

Seeing that Qin Zheng led the way along the gangplank and walked onto the riverbank, Qin Yuhai immediately greeted him, saluted Qin Zheng, and said, "Political commissar." ”

Qin Zheng nodded, returned the salute, and said, "Battalion Commander Qin, you have worked hard, this time you have done a good job in recovering Tianjin and the concession, and the people will remember your merits." ”

Qin Yuhai said: "Report to the political commissar, these are what we should do." ”

At this time, other people also came ashore one after another, greeting Qin Yuhai one by one and greeting each other. At this time, Qin Zheng said again: "Battalion Commander Qin, there are still some equipment and materials on the boat, please help move it." ”

Qin Yuhai nodded, and immediately said, "Platoon Commander Luo." ”

Luo Yue hurriedly stepped out of the queue and said, "Here." ”

Qin Yuhai said: "Your platoon immediately got on the boat, moved all the materials and equipment on the boat, and moved it to the headquarters." ”

Luo Yue said: "Yes." Then he immediately turned around and came to the front of the queue and said, "All of them, turn right and get on the boat." After that, take the lead on board.

Come to the cabin and meet with the medical team. Luo Yue also paid special attention to it, there were a total of twelve people in the medical team, six men and six women, but none of them went to Hejiawan Village last time, so Zhou Weiying was naturally not among them, although Luo Yue was a little disappointed, but he didn't care too much, but under the guidance of the medical team personnel, all the equipment, materials, etc. they brought were moved off the 318 boat.

At this time, on the shore, Qin Yuhai had already led everyone towards the concession.

While walking, Qin Zheng said, "Battalion Commander Qin, where is your headquarters located?"

Qin Yuhai said: "Report to the political commissar, set up in the open space of Victoria Garden." ”

Qin Zheng knew that the Victoria Garden was a square-like building in front of the Gordon Hall in the Bureau of the British Concession in Tianjin, that is, the Garden of Jiefang North Road in Tianjin in the old time and space, and said: "Who lives in the Gordon Hall now?"

Qin Yuhai said: "Gordon Hall is one of the six residential concentration points we have set up in the concession area, and now there are more than 1,500 people living in it, all of whom are foreigners. ”

Qin Zheng nodded, very satisfied with Qin Yuhai's answer, because Qin Yuhai did not requisition the houses in the concession as a headquarters, but chose to set up tents in the open space and strictly abide by the discipline of the People's Liberation Army.

Victoria Garden is not far from the wharf, and it will not be long before it arrives, at this time there are more than ten military tents set up in the garden, and in front of the garden, is the Gordon Hall of the Bureau of the British Concession in Tianjin. Although the army did not requisition Gordon Hall, troops were still sent to guard the gate of Gordon Hall.

No, Qin Zheng did not enter the tent, but stood in front of the camp and looked at Gordon Hall, while the others were a little puzzled, but it was not easy to ask, so they all accompanied Qin Zheng to watch Gordon Hall.

This blue brick building with a very obvious British medieval castle-like architectural style, is a square structure, covering an area of about 5,000 square meters, the front of the building is symmetrical layout of the central axis, the middle door protrudes forward, and the main body is two floors. At the top, there are eaves in the shape of pheasant buttresses, and at each end of the façade of the building, there is a three-story octagonal corner tower. In the concession, Gordon Hall is arguably the best building at the moment.

Gordon Hall was built in 1890 at the suggestion of De Xuanlin, a British-German who was then the chairman of the Bureau of the British Concession of Tianjin and the director of the Department of Taxation of Tianjin Customs, with an investment of 32,000 taels of silver. Named after Charles George 61 Gordon, a British officer who died in action in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1885. It is to commemorate Gordon's contribution in opening up and planning the concession.

Gordon came to China with the Anglo-French forces during the Second Opium War, where he was the commander of the Engineer Corps. After the opening of the British Concession in Tianjin, Gordon was the main designer of the demarcation and planning of the British Concession in Tianjin. Beginning in 1862, Gordon went to Shanghai to serve as the leader of the "Changsheng Army", and cooperated with Li Hongzhang's Huai Army to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In 1880, due to the "Ili Incident" between China and Russia, he was invited by Li Hongzhang to come to China again.

Li Hongzhang greatly admired Gordon's military command skills. Therefore, at the inauguration ceremony of Gordon Hall in 1890, Li Hongzhang, then the governor of Zhili, not only attended, but also personally announced the official opening of the building. On February 3, 1892, the authorities of the British Concession in Tianjin held a 70th birthday banquet for Li Hongzhang at Gordon Hall. Later, Li Hongzhang also funded the construction of a stage in Gordon Hall, so that Gordon Hall has since become a public entertainment venue with superior conditions in the British Concession.

After looking at it for a while, Qin Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, we will deal with the affairs of the concession in the next few days, and when the order of the concession is restored, we will use this as our administrative office building in Tianjin." ”

Qin Yuhai was stunned for a moment and said, "What?"

Qin Zheng laughed and said, "What, don't you want to live in Gordon Hall?"

Qin Yuhai said: "Of course I want to, how good it is to live here, but we live in it, what about the people inside?"

Qin Zheng said: "It's easy to do, if it's a resident of the concession, check and register, let them go back to their residence, and the original people from the Ministry of Industry will just drive them away." ”

Qin Yuhai said: "Drive away, will it cause diplomatic disputes, isn't this the British Consulate." ”

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Camp Commander Qin, you still have to make up for the history lesson, isn't the British Consulate on the east side of Consular Road (Datong Road), near Heba Road (Taierzhuang Road)?"

Qin Yuhai patted his head and said, "Yes, I also wonder, how can there be a British consulate there?

Qin Zheng said: " This is a special place in the British Concession, in other concessions like the French Concession, the Ministry of Industry and the Bureau are under the management of the consulate, which can be regarded as a subordinate agency of the consulate, only in the British Concession, the consulate and the Ministry of Industry are two different institutions, the consulate is a diplomatic agency of the British government in Tianjin, the consular staff is directly appointed by the British government, and the Ministry of Industry is the administrative body of the concession, not the management of the consulate, and the board of directors are elected by the British living in the concession, so this is not a diplomatic institution, it can be regarded as a colonial institution, we can drive away the British in it without any scruples, and take Gordon Hall as our own。 In the old days, the Republic of China, and later the founding of the People's Republic of China, used it as the seat of government offices, but the 1976 Tangshan earthquake affected Tianjin, and Gordon Hall was also damaged, and it was soon demolished to build a new Tianjin Municipal People's Government building on its original site. And only a small corner of Gordon Hall remained. ”

Qin Yuhai said: "Then why do the consuls of various countries hold meetings in the Gordon Hall?"

Qin Zheng said with a smile: "Because the Ministry of Industry Bureau is the administrative body of the concession, to deal with the affairs of the concession, of course, is to come to Gordon Hall. ”

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