The 140th return to the "old place" revisited
Huang Fanding did not hide it, and generously introduced the situation to Mo Xiaodou. "Our battle with the British is over, but we don't want to fight, and the British can't fight. We want to seize the time to carry out construction, but the British have no capital to fight, and the two sides have already begun to negotiate. It is only that there are still some issues that have not been discussed, which is why the signing of the peace agreement has been delayed. ”
"What are the issues that can't be discussed?" Mo Xiaodou made a rare gossip.
"The main thing is the ownership of Hong Kong," Huang Fanding, as the general manager, keeps an eye on the progress of the negotiations. "We have recovered all of Hong Kong, and the British have offered to exchange Canton, and of course we cannot agree. Now that we have come to this era, we will no longer allow China to have colonies. The British negotiators, as well as Ergin and Bao Ling in Guangzhou, could not call the shots, and were still waiting for instructions from London, so they had delayed until now. ”
"Ergin? Bao Ling? Mo Xiaodou felt that these two names were very unfamiliar.
"Ergin refers to the eighth Earl of Ergin, whose name is James Bruce, the one who burned down the Old Summer Palace. Of course, this time he didn't have a chance. Chen Jianhua, who was sitting nearby, dutifully acted as an "encyclopedia of human flesh": "Bao Ling is the current governor of Hong Kong and the minister to China. ”
Ergin's great achievements Mo Xiaodou is not very clear, after all, he was educated in the British era in Hong Kong, but the Hong Kong Governor Bao Ling still knew that in Hong Kong, this name was translated as Baoling. The thought of being in the same era as these characters from the history books gave Mr. Sheriff a strange feeling rose in his heart.
After watching the documentary, Huang Fanding asked two Hong Kong compatriots to rest, and the heads of the management committee held a meeting overnight to discuss how to accept these Hong Kong compatriots.
Bi Shengke first talked about what he observed, He Yujie's mixed-race identity did not raise doubts, perhaps her standard Mandarin won everyone's favor, and Zhuang Xueer contributed the information she heard from the side. He Yujie not only can drive a hovercraft, but also has a helicopter license, a doctorate in international finance from Stanford University in the United States, and is a rare talent. As for the data on the measurements that several wolves want to know the most, it is listed as a first-class secret by Zhuang Xue'er.
As for the opinion on the treatment of the banana, it caused a controversy. Wu Yizhi, who has always been black-bellied, proposed to let him evaporate from the world, in case he defected to the US imperialists after coming to the new time and space and became the biggest enemy of the Liberation Army. However, this opinion was opposed by most people, and Ma Jin, who happened to return to the base to do errands, was the first to stand up and bombard, "It's absolutely impossible to do this!" Because that ABC is taking a U.S. passport, he may betray us and kill him, what is the use of you as a recovery army? A death sentence for a suspected crime? ”
Wei Bozhi also shook his head, "If we kill someone for this kind of trumped-up crime, the other survivors will worry about whether they will end up like this one day, which will cause centrifugation." ”
Zhao Guiren, who has just been promoted to minister of justice, also expressed his opposition, "The rule of law in the country, the rule of law in the country, not to say good words, but to have practical actions." This kind of behavior is already considered illegal lynching! ”
Chen Jianhua laughed, "If you want me to say, this fake foreign devil is just a superstitious strongman, in the nineteenth century we were the strong, the most advanced and civilized." I bet that banana will wagging his little tail at us right away. ”
In the end, although Wu Yizhi had reservations, the meeting still passed a decision and agreed to accept the ABC as an immigrant to enter the new time and space. However, his personal freedom will be restricted, he will not be allowed to leave the area controlled by the Liberation Army, he will not be allowed to leave the base alone, he must be registered when he goes out, and he will have to go through a minimum observation period of two years, depending on his performance, and then decide whether to let him become a naturalized citizen. Moreover, this decision will become a regulation, and similar situations will be handled accordingly in the future. However, the target is limited to foreign Chinese, overseas Chinese, and people of Chinese descent, and people from other countries, especially whites and blacks, will not be allowed to enter the new time and space.
Early the next morning, accompanied by Zhuang Xue'er, who was recommended by Mao Sui, the two Hong Kong compatriots visited the achievements of the Liberation Army in recent times. It was dark last night, and now the two of them are clearly seeing the whole base. After several months of construction, the entire base has basically taken shape. The entire site covers an area of about one square kilometer and is square in shape, with a seven-storey office building in the center and a full-frame structure. Except for the first floor, which is five meters, the rest of the floors are all three meters, with a total area of tens of thousands of square meters. For a long time to come, it will be the nerve center of the Liberation Army.
The northern half of the site is divided by the building, and the northern half of the site is the living quarters. In addition to apartment-style dormitories, there are also living and entertainment facilities such as a cafeteria, a supermarket, a bar, a basketball court, and a cinema that can accommodate 2,000 people. Each survivor has an IC card-style ID card, which is used as a savings card in addition to being an access control ID. Each survivor has a different level of allowance each month according to their job, so that the survivor can buy consumer goods such as alcohol, snacks, etc., which are currently considered luxuries.
The southern half of the base is a work area, and in addition to some material warehouses, there is also a power station with three diesel generators, a water purification yard, a boiler room, and an ordnance repair station. Because of the danger of reloading and producing grenades, at the request of most of the survivors, the munitions factory was moved to an island in the lake north of the base.
The periphery of the base is a five-meter-high, three-meter-wide city wall, equipped with a certain number of watchtowers, watchtowers, in an era when hand-to-hand combat is still the mainstream, the city wall is still a good fortification. Outside the city walls is a moat five meters wide and five meters deep, which also serves as the site's sewer channel, which is connected to the lake north of the site, which is connected to Shenzhen Bay by a waterway.
After the dormitory was repaired, most of the survivors moved into their new homes, except for those who stayed on the original plane to collect supplies. Mo Xiaodou is very satisfied with the safety here, the environment here is indeed not comparable to the desert island of the original time and space. At this time, he had already made up his mind that he would try to persuade everyone to move over after he returned, and even if others didn't come, his family would join here.
Out of the base, drive along the completed Bao (An) Tun (Gate) Highway all the way, along the way you can see many British prisoners under the drive of the supervisor to carry out the construction of the project. Mo Xiaodou joined the police force when Hong Kong had already returned, he had no feelings for the British, although He Yujie's grandmother was British, but seeing that the British were not abused, she consciously chose to remain silent.
After crossing the Luohu Bridge and entering the newly established Kowloon County, Zhuang Xueer told Mo Xiaodou that there would be no Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in this time and space, and it would be replaced by Jiulong County, Guangzhou Prefecture. He was assigned the post of Chief of Police of Kowloon County, and in the 21st century, he was the Commissioner of Hong Kong Police and the first brother of the Force. Mo Xiaodou just smiled, he didn't care much about these things.
When they arrived in Tuen Mun, Zhuang Xueer led the two to visit the Tuen Mun Fort and the Army Non-commissioned Officer School. Although the Tuen Mun Fort is not as solid as a rock, the heroic posture of the 152 Divine Sect, with Mo Xiaodou's poor military knowledge, knows that it is basically invincible in this era. After a week of returning to the furnace, the temperament of the soldiers has increased a little, and He Yujie's eyes do not see any difference with the PLA.
After Tuen Mun, the highway leading to Kowloon County is still under construction, and when it is fully opened to traffic, this highway will be renamed Baolong Highway. The road from Yuen Long to Kowloon has entered the exploration stage. Along the way, the two met more British and Indian road construction workers, and before eleven o'clock, the group arrived at the county seat.
The county seat is the junction street of Nathan Road and Gascoigne Road in Yau Ma Tei, the location of the Kowloon Government Offices, even from the perspective of Mo Xiaodou, an authentic Hong Kong person, there are not many familiar traces. The only thing that remained unchanged was the Wong Tai Sin Temple, which also made him sure that he was really in Kowloon, but not the Kowloon he was familiar with. The Jiulong County Government is the most humble of the three counties, with offices in a few prefabricated houses, and Feith, a former civil servant in his twenties and now the head of a county, has not complained too much. He was too busy with the work at hand to think about it, so he only showed up a little and left the guests aside.
Because there is no police chief, not even a police officer, law and order here is also managed by the Buyi Battalion. So Zhang Pan also tried his best to persuade Mo Xiaodou to take over the police work and personally accompany them to Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is the town of Hong Kong in the administrative division of Kowloon County, and there is no division of the eastern and southern districts as in the original time and space, and although the British have withdrawn, there are still tens of thousands of people. Sitting on the traffic boat, looking at the Taiping Mountain that was getting closer and closer, Mo Xiaodou and He Yujie were like a world apart.
There are no high-rise buildings in the original time and space, and a few historic streets are just taking shape, and although the market is calm, the traces of war can still be seen everywhere. Most of the pedestrians on the street had numb expressions, but some well-dressed businessmen all nodded their heads with smiles when they saw the group. Zhang Pan also nodded his head from time to time, and occasionally a few white people passed by, and when he saw the guards from a distance, he immediately retreated to the side of the street, respectfully taking off his hat and bowing, as if Zhang Pan did not see them.
He Yujie couldn't help but ask, "Major Zhang, are these foreigners British?" ”
"Not all, but also nationals and Americans from other countries on the continent." Zhang Pan stared at the mixed-race beauty in front of him. To be honest, he has an objection to a mixed-race child appearing here in a high-profile manner at this time, and there is a ghost girl mixed in the Guangfu Army, which may cause misunderstanding among the common people. But the purpose of the management committee is to let He Yujie make a high-profile appearance and send a signal to the outside world that the Guangfu Army is not blindly xenophobic. He had no choice but to accept it, but his attitude was lukewarm. There was another unspeakable reason in his heart, the heavy losses of the first battalion in the Battle of Hong Kong made him feel that he had lost face, so he was full of hatred for Westerners, and at the same time did not have a good impression of Westerners. "Most of the British civilians withdrew to Canton with the British army, and those who stayed behind were willing to sacrifice their lives and money."
Zhuang Xue'er added with a smile: "In this era, those who come to the East want to make a fortune, if they give up their property here and return to England and become poor, then it is better to stay and make a fortune." ”
"You're not going to arrest or deport them?" He Yujie asked again.
"We are not the Boxers." Zhang Pan replied angrily, although his true thoughts were not like this. "We welcome Westerners to trade, travel, and settle, and if they come to sell opium for colonization, there is only one word - fight!"
"We will still do business with Europe and the United States in the future, and we will not engage in the Qing Dynasty's closed country." Zhuang Xueer also reassured He Yujie, "You are studying international finance." Imagine that in this day and age, with huge amounts of money in hand, wouldn't it be exciting to compete with a giant crocodile like Rothschild in the international financial market? At this moment, even if He Yujie made up her mind to go with the flow, she was stimulated by Zhuang Xueer's words.
Along the way, Admiralty Square and the barracks are full of ruins, except for the Governor's Palace, which is peacefully received, so it remains in its original appearance. Walking into the small building and looking at the portraits of Yilu and others on the wall, Mo Xiaodou sighed in his heart, in the 21st century, he is not qualified to visit the Government Mansion casually.