211 Returning Home (3)

Fu Fu got off the bus in the city of East Mén. The prosperity here made his eyes huā缭luàn. Because of his duty and training, he visited the city of East Mén several times during his service. Every time I come here, I get a new change. In general, the more the house is built, the higher it is built, and the more beautiful it becomes. Originally, the second floor with an attic could attract the attention of the people, but now it is not uncommon for a five-story building to be built. Originally, standing on East Mén Street, you could see the nearby fields and barren mountains. Now it is full of houses, construction plots with project signs fenced off by bamboo fences, and houses under construction.

The market has fully recovered - even more lively than it was before the war. Merchants and ship owners who were forced to buy and buy from Huangpu found that the market demand here was staggering, and the opportunities to make money were everywhere. The most commendable thing is that the business environment here is very good: many goods are tax-free, many goods are bought in packages, and there are no bad rules and extortions common in the mainland and coastal areas, as long as you pay taxes according to the regulations, you can make money in a peaceful business, which further irritates the enthusiasm of businessmen to come to Lingao to do business. As soon as the commercial flow of business resumes, the price of land will naturally rise. Li Mei has already begun work on the preparation of the fourth phase of the East Mén City Expansion Plan.

Soon after Fu Fu arrived at the newly opened Zizhen Zhai, and soon after Guo Yi and others returned, Li Mei used some of the workers and technicians who withdrew to the Guangzhou Station of Lingao to open a new branch of Zizhen Zhai and Zicheng Ji in Dongmén City, and the Ziminglou Lingao branch was also in full swing.

Lingao's Zizhenzhai is not large-scale, adhering to the marketing concept of taking the high-end route, and the sales are naturally so-called jīng products. Fu Fu looked at the ornately decorated large glass vitrines and the dazzling array of jewelry, ornaments, and cosmetics inside, and walked in.

The NV clerks greeted them warmly - a few days ago their store manager had been summoned to a meeting of the Ministry of Commerce, chaired by Li Mei herself, at which important instructions were conveyed: the upcoming rotation of the Army and Navy soldiers would inevitably lead to a high consumption campaign, and all retail and service companies under the Ministry of Commerce should seize the opportunity to engage in marketing and use a large amount of money as negotiable vouchers for the payment of military salaries and war bonuses. The amount of this batch of negotiable bills is very considerable, and although it is deposited in the bank through the savings of soldiers, Cheng Dong still hopes that it can be digested as soon as possible, so as not to become a potential inflationary tiger.

The NV clerks knew that the soldiers and officers were all carrying large sums of money and were ready to go out - and the task of the Ministry of Commerce was to get them to spend as much as possible on non-essential items such as mirrors, compacts, lipsticks, and other low-cost, high-profit goods.

Zizhenzhai's jewelry is the so-called "Australian style", which is actually "modern style". Gold and silver were used in very small quantities, mainly in glass - without sè and with sè - supplemented by pearls and various precious stones. The biggest feature is that jīng is good-looking and has a wide variety. After all, Yan Maoda has been in a jewelry factory, not only has he been exposed to it, but also brought a lot of original design materials. The skilled craftsmen of Canton soon learned to cut the glass jishu and performed better than the workers of the old time and space - of course, the equipment for cutting glass with diamond-encrusted knives and grinding wheels had to be provided by the Australians.

With a small amount of precious metals and a large amount of glass to make jewelry, the cost is very low, you can launch a relatively low price, suitable for the so-called "home of the Chinese" to catch up with the fashionable mentality, and because of the many styles, light weight, easy to wear in daily rotation, all classes of fùnv are very fond. The well-informed citizens of Guangzhou still bow down at the feet of Zizhenzhai, let alone a place like Lingao.

Zizhen Zhai was already crowded with soldiers wearing various military symbols and number marks, including army soldiers in gray sè uniforms, sailors with blue sè pullovers and white shawls, and sailors in blue sè uniforms.

The clerks are already a little busy, and the constant ringing of the cash register when it opens and closes tells everyone that business is very hot right now. Lianjing xiǎo powder box sales are the most popular, followed by all kinds of jewelry - although most of the soldiers were poor before they came out to be soldiers, most of them had a favorite object in their hometown, and now they have a few dollars in their hands, so they will inevitably go back to show off to their sweethearts.

Fu Fu bought a pair of waterdrop glass diamond silver earrings for Fu Xi and Fu Yue, and bought a sè rhinestone necklace for his sweetheart Fu Yijin - this necklace made of the purest lead glass went to Fu Fu for a lot of money, but in order to win Fu Yijin's favor, he was very generous. The NV clerk who did his business smiled from ear to ear - this business commission is not xiǎo! She diligently packed the goods and gave her a bottle of jasmine huā perfume, which was packed in a straw shopping bag with the words Zizhenzhai woven out of sè straw.

Fu Fu bought something and quickly left the store, which was filled with more and more drunken soldiers, which gave him a premonition.

As a result of the leave, a large number of soldiers poured into places such as the city of East Mén. The soldiers poured into the city of East Mén for shopping, partying, eating, and **. In order to prevent the soldiers from disturbing the people and from clashing with each other, the Political Department of the General Staff issued a special directive that was read out to all units, including the instructions for leave and the stipulation that all officers and men who cause public order incidents in the localities should be deprived of their leave and their ranks demoted by one level in addition to punishment according to the severity of the circumstances.

Li Yayang's garrison battalion canceled all vacations, and all members entered the state of duty, and a large number of soldiers wearing guard signs carried rattan shields and wooden sticks to patrol all the busy places.

Sure enough, before he had gone far, there was a commotion in the street, and a half-drunk naval sailor was beating a ragged fùnv, cursing in a Hokkien dialect that Fu Fu did not understand. Fu Fu looked at it curiously, originally he thought that the NV person was a prostitute, but then he saw that she did not hang a "yellow ticket". And the clothes seemed to be the uniform worn by the NV guys in the shops in the neighborhood - an Aussie-style cloth dress.

From the discussion of the lively crowd, he probably knew that the sailor's wife took the opportunity of the sailor's voyage to the mouth of the Pearl River and secretly communicated with Xiang Haode for several months. I thought that things were done in a hidden way, but I didn't expect that there was no impermeable wall in this world, and the sailor happily came home with a gift and learned from his talkative neighbor that his blue hat was a little green. After drinking a few taels of alcohol, he immediately went to the place where his wife worked in East Mén City to ask the teacher for his guilt.

"This must be according to the law of the Great Ming Dynasty, jiān husband yínfù, and he will not be punished for killing on the spot," said an old man who looked like a squire, shaking his head, "I couldn't catch jiān in Chuáng...... which seemed to be a pity.

"You are still a big law, and now you have already changed the imperial calendar. Even if you do kill someone, you have to follow Australian law. ”

"The Australian law doesn't know how to judge? If you kill someone, you have to see it. Seeing the lively idlers stretching their necks, it seemed that they were looking forward to a personal lawsuit to stab jī and stab jī, which began to become dull again.

There is a rare fat man among the aborigines who fanned his fan: "I heard that there are few NV people and many men in Australians." NV people speak loudly, and I think most of this grandfather's green hat is worn in vain. ”

"Not necessarily...... If someone is going to die, it depends on how the court sentences them - it has been a long time since anyone has been sentenced to death. The hanging of Australians can be regarded as a different taste. ”

While he was gossiping, a siren sounded, and a black-clothed policeman with a wooden stick ran over, shouting as he ran: "Don't hit anyone!" Look at what you see, go aside! ”

The police were followed by soldiers of the garrison battalion wearing the word "Guard". Four or five big men worked together to pull aside the unlucky sailor, who was burned with wine and jealousy, and the NV people had already been beaten to the point where they could only gasp on the ground. This is already a public order case, and the guards immediately want to take the sailors away.

"Brethren! The Army is bullying the Navy! I don't know who was drunk and shouted, and the street suddenly rose up, and more than a dozen sailors and sailors rushed over with a hula, one by one, rolling up their sleeves and open clothes, ready to do a big job.

"We are a garrison battalion, please obey the command!" The sergeant of the garrison battalion who led the team shouted loudly, "It is a violation of discipline to gather a crowd to fight—"

Before he could finish speaking, he had already received a punch in the face and immediately fell to the ground. The scene suddenly became húnluàn. The garrison soldiers swarmed up, ready to arrest the troublemakers, and the navy immediately joined the garrison battalion. However, although the navy was twice as numerous and experienced in combat, they were no match for the soldiers of the garrison battalion, who had undergone anti-riot training and special equipment, and were soon defeated by the pepper tear gas of the garrison battalion, and then dispersed by sticks, and several leaders were arrested. The garrison was afraid of causing a larger sāoluàn, at least one or two hundred army and navy soldiers operating in the city of East Mén, and it would be impossible to fight them in groups. A horse-drawn carriage came, stuffed all the arrested people into the car and took them away, and then the emergency team hurriedly drove into the street and immediately cordoned off the scene.

All uniformed persons were interrogated and their documents checked. Fu Fu was also ordered to show his leave certificate, and then the guards checked his belongings. Everything was checked before he was let out.

"Let's go as soon as it's okay." The sergeant who checked the documents said, "Recently, there has been a lot of coaxing here, and if you are involved in squatting for three days, your vacation will be over." ”

Fu Fu saw the battle just now and didn't dare to stay longer. I quickly bought some more things and set foot on the road back to Meiyang Village.