8th Working Meal

All the new comrades who participated in the revolution changed into new clothes from the inside out. The dress of the light-colored short-sleeved shirt and helmet hat is reminiscent of the overseas Chinese in the South Seas, and the Western adventurers who hunt for tropical treasures, and it is even more pleasing to the eye if there is no short hair that reaches the ears. It's just that no one thought that this nasty dress would later become the standard dress for future revolutionary cadres.

The uniform of the express squad is the uniform of the urban security team in the Pearl River Delta area of the original time and space, which is similar to the police uniform, except that there are no various police rank indications. The purpose of the establishment of the security team is to make up for the lack of police force, which is similar to that of the public servants in the yamen of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and can also act as "temporary workers" when necessary. As for the image in the folk, just look at what happened to the man surnamed Yang. The Liberation Army received three classes of servants, but they did not trust them, and now it is only expedient to let them continue to maintain law and order, so they can only be used as security forces. Weapons such as waist knives were confiscated, and only a less aggressive baton was obtained.

As a paramilitary force in the city defense, Zhuangban's usual job is to guard the city gate and patrol the night. After occupying the county seat, the Guangfu Army only left two platoons in the city, and it was impossible to defend such a large city. Originally, it was proposed to train the indigenous army directly on the basis of the Zhuang class, but it was rejected by Shen Xing. These third-class officials are all local snakes, and all kinds of relationships are intertwined, and the background is complex and difficult to control. Ma Angelica also felt that as the main military force in the future, the recruitment should still be based on honest farmers. Therefore, the uniform of the Zhuang class is a standard security uniform, and the official name is also called the security team.

It's just that both the security team and the security team are black, short and thin guys, and even if they wear neat uniforms, they still look very obscene.

It was busy, and it was noon, and the aroma of food came from the back office. Shen Xing beckoned everyone to go to dinner, and a group of people followed the leader into the back office.

There were seven or eight tables in the courtyard of the back office, and on the low table next to them were several large, shiny iron buckets that could illuminate human figures, and two men in white burqas and white high hats stood behind them. Shen Xingshi walked over first, picked up an equally shiny iron plate from the short table, stretched it out in front of one of them, and greeted him at the same time: "Master Jian, what are you doing delicious today?" So fragrant! "This iron plate is very large, boxy, and it is divided into several small compartments, like a plate of iron being pressed out of several small pits.

The man known as Master Jian was a middle-aged man in his forties, white and chubby, smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, but a scar on his face from the bridge of his nose to the corner of his mouth ruined his image. With a small belly, people can guess his profession at once: cook, or man.

Master Jian picked up the big horse spoon and scooped a spoonful of vegetables from the bucket and put it on Shen Xing's plate. Red and white were mixed together, and Master Fang, who was not far away, could see clearly, the white was the potato, the red was the beef, and the rich sauce was poured on it, exuding a strong aroma, which attracted people's mouthwater.

"Potatoes and roast beef, communist life!" Dawei exclaimed, and the soldiers cheered. After eating canned food for almost a year, it is not as good as the New Year to be able to eat fresh beef once. Others, while not knowing what "communist life" is, also know that it is okay to have a good meal. Although these people don't have enough food and clothing, they are not the ones who can eat meat at once, so they are also very excited.

The other buckets were filled with fried begonia vegetables, stewed tofu and white rice, and when Shen Xing made a good meal, he said to the hesitant "new comrades": "Everyone come to eat too!" Seeing that everyone was still hesitant and refused to come, he beckoned Fang Congze: "Bingyi, you come first!" ”

Fang Cong cautiously learned the way Shen Xing did and stretched out the iron plate in front of Master Jian, who was very happy to scoop him with good food, Shen Xingshi introduced: "This is Master Jian Fan, our logistics minister, in the future, the public food expenses in the yamen will be under his control, you have to assist him in his work!" "Fang Congze originally thought that Master Jian was just a cook, and he had to make a solemn introduction when he applied for it, but he didn't expect to be sent by him, so he nodded and bowed." Chef Jian is a national super chef! Even the imperial chef of the Forbidden City can't compare, and you will have a good fortune in the future. Ma Jin quipped in the back.

There were only a few tables, and most people could only sit on the floor with their plates. They were amazed by the sumptuous meals and delicate stainless steel tableware. Ma Angelica pulled Xiong Maojun and several squad leaders to a table, while Shen Xingshi sat down with Fang Congze and the Liufang Clerk's Office, and each gave face-to-face lectures, while Dawei, the commander of the Xin'an City Defense who was set up, mixed with the third squad officer, in his words, was to get acquainted with each other and contact the "new subordinates" to get in touch with each other. As a military commander, Ma Angelica needs to have a comprehensive understanding of the surrounding military situation. Although some information was obtained through checking information and inquiring about the people, it was not complete, and some of it was still false. More information can now be learned through these former civil servants, who are, after all, the most well-informed people of our time.

Xiong Maojun, as a local native, is also the county's "police chief" and "head of the people's armed forces", so he naturally has various information channels. First of all, the question that the Guangfu Army was most concerned about, the deployment of the Qing army around Xin'an, received an official answer. Since the fall of Humen, the governor Ye Mingchen concentrated the troops of the whole province to defend Guangzhou, not only the troops around Guangzhou were withdrawn, but even the soldiers and horses of Chaozhou, Shaozhou, Yangjiang, and Leizhou were also assembled. As a result, after the defeat, the army was scattered, except for a small number of people who fled to Shaozhou, the rest either fell into the grass or became a "puppet army". As for the local military strength of Xin'an, it was originally considered strong. In the sixteenth year of Kangxi (1717 AD), Yang Lin, the governor of Guangdong, in order to resist foreign aggression, strengthen coastal defense and protect public order, built 126 military facilities such as forts, city walls, and flood land in dangerous passes along the coast. Xin'an County has built six forts, including Kowloon Village, Lantau Island, Nantou Village, Chiwan Left and Right. The early Pearl River coastal defense was formed, but most of them have been abandoned. There was also a battalion of troops stationed in Tuen Mun on the other side of Shenzhen Bay, and I heard that it had also been wiped out in Guangzhou, which means that in the whole of Guangdong, the Qing army has no formed troops.

This is undoubtedly good news for the Liberation Army, and I believe that no one will interfere with the work of the Liberation Army for a long time. As for the Anglo-French troops in the city of Guangzhou, according to the information, there were only more than 1,000 people, and the large army had already followed Erjin to Tianjin to find trouble. More than a thousand troops of the Napoleonic era, Ma Angelica has not yet looked at it, whether it is Eastern or Western.

The armed forces that are still fighting in Xin'an are the militia groups everywhere. Compared with the Qing army, the militia has stronger combat effectiveness and will to fight, and the Tiandihui uprising a few years ago was mainly suppressed by the militia army. The big surnames living in Xin'an have their own group training, but they are not the official establishment of the imperial court. These big surnames went about their business behind closed doors, and the patriarch was like the emperor of the soil, building forts and forts to prevent both bandits and the government that was more powerful than the bandits. Ma Angelica believes that although these big surnames will not easily accept the rule of the Guangfu Army, they are unlikely to take the initiative to attack the Guangfu Army, except for the nerds who are full of loyal and patriotic thoughts. Chen Jianhua, an "expert on social conditions," also agrees with this view: Although he knows that the clan system is a major cancer in society, the main task of the Liberation Army at present is to develop and grow, and for the time being, it is powerless to carry out social reforms, so it can only be left to its own devices. "Overthrowing the three mountains, there is a long way to go!" "Fat impermanence" sighed.

Shen Xing also chatted with a group of scribes here. Fang Congze, the master, is in charge of Qian Valley, and he doesn't know much about the criminal name, but he can still say that he is ugly about the people's livelihood and economy of the county. Xin'an is an agricultural county, and although it is close to Guangzhou, there is not much commercial activity. Xin'an originally belonged to Dongguan, in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the European expeditionary fleet came to the east, the Western culture spread eastward, the Japanese and pirates invaded and harassed, and the people lived in poverty, and Dongguan County was too far away, the whip was out of reach, and the management was difficult. The villagers of Nantou in Bao'an, Shenzhen, requested the governor of Guangdong that the imperial court established Xin'an County in the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573 AD), which means "reforming and solidifying the new, turning the crisis into peace". And in Dongguan Shouyu Qianhu base site expansion, the establishment of Xin'an County, when Xin'an County was first built, the area included the later Shenzhen Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the population of 33,971 people. The economy is dominated by the production of salt, tea, spices and rice.

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent Zheng Chenggong and the remnants of the Ming Dynasty from carrying out anti-Qing activities along the coast, as well as the harassment of pirates, the Qing government implemented a large-scale "relocation of the forbidden sea" in the first year of Kangxi (1662 AD). Coastal counties, 50 miles inward. Because nearly two-thirds of the territory of Xin'an County was included in the relocation range, it was once incorporated into Dongguan County. At the time of the relocation, the people were scattered, displaced, killed and wounded, and mourned all over the wilderness. It was not until the twenty-third year of Kangxi (1684 AD) that the territory of Xin'an County was fully restored. Most of the indigenous population has moved to settle in other places. The Qing Dynasty adopted incentive policies such as free land rent and sending cattle and grains, and a large number of Lingnan Hakka people immigrated, making Xin'an County a place where Hakka people lived. Until the 21st century, Shenzhen was still a place where Hakka residents mainly worked and lived. By the 23rd year of Jiaqing (1818 AD), after many reclamations, the number of residents of Xin'an County has reached 225979. After 40 years of development, according to Shen Xing's estimates, the population of Xin'an in 1858 should be no less than 500,000 hidden households.

The natural, historical, and socio-economic conditions of economic development in various regions of Xin'an County are different, and there is a regional imbalance in the level of economic development, so there are corresponding regional differences in urbanization. For example, the western Shatian area (part of the Pearl River Delta Plain), because of the land, soil fertilizer, and seaside, has always been the county's economically developed area, and it is also conducive to a variety of operations. In the eastern hilly and mountainous areas, only the Longgang Basin is larger, which is the transportation and economic center, with a population of more than 10,000. Fuyong and Gongming belong to the Banshatian area, Guanlan, Buji and Pingshan are the second-level economic centers in the central or eastern part of the county, and they are also in an important position in the county with relatively developed transportation and diversified operations in history; Although Dapeng is located on the relatively remote southeast corner of the peninsula, it is the economic center of the southeast of Bao'an; In the mountainous areas of the central and eastern parts of the country with relatively rugged terrain and inconvenient transportation, there are polder towns such as Shiyan, Longhu, Pinghu, Henggang, Pingdi and Kuichong.

There are very few places that the time-travelers can control now, except for the county seat, and the only way south to the seaside is the Shekou Industrial Zone. The plan of the Guangfu Army was to build a settlement at the center point from Sin'an Fortress to the south to the sea, with the county town as the defense support point in the north, and the sea in the east, west, and south, forming a natural barrier. More than 500 modern parasoldiers with automatic weapons and mortars could not be defeated by the combat effectiveness of the Qing army.